• 3D-Heart

    3D Heart

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    “Health is a large word. It embraces not the body only, but the mind and spirit as well; not today’s pain or pleasure alone, but the whole being and outlook of man.” —James H. West No one would argue that we have to be our best before we can do our best. During this month where there’s so much emphasis on romantic relationships, a lot of the messages and ideas being thrown around really are not healthy for the heart. Single people get down on themselves for not being in a relationship and couples stress each other out with unmet…

  • Tie One On, Pamela Phillips

    Scarves to Show Our Sentiment

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    In our last post for October, we want to take a moment to celebrate the memory of one of our cherished Xulon Press authors, Pamela Phillips. She published a book titled Tie One On for any chemotherapy patients who have lost their hair due to the treatments. Her how-to book is complete with various pictures of ways to wrap scarves as well as how to accessorize them. Pamela has since passed, but everyone at Xulon Press remembers her fondly and was blessed to come in contact with her. “I met Pamela Phillips at the 2011 International Christian Retail Show and…

  • Breast Cancer Survivors

    Know the Stats on Breast Cancer

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    Breast cancer affects everyone, whether you are a survivor, a caretaker or just part of the support network for someone battling the life-threatening disease. Breast cancer doesn’t care if you are a man or a woman, young or old, healthy or not – it affects everyone and anyone. As Xulon Press celebrates Breast Cancer Awareness this October, we would like to provide our authors with some recognized facts about this deadly disease as well as statistics that will encourage everyone to get checked and stay healthy this fall. The statistics and facts comes courtesy of the American Cancer Society (www.cancer.org)…

  • Love to Teach, Teach to Love

    Love to Teach, Teach to Love

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    Written by: Eddie Cruz Teaching—or perhaps more broadly, education—is something that’s very close to my heart, and it takes an extraordinarily special person to do it well. (Do it well is, of course, the pertinent bit there.) So this post is, I suppose, a sort of very personal case study: Following a massive failure by our county’s educational system, my wife, Emily, took charge of educating our youngest son. For five years she did this, and it was thrilling to watch her initial, and justifiable, apprehension and uncertainty become confident proficiency. Julian, now 11, is hard-of-hearing, and has shunted hydrocephalus,…