• Author Inspirations: Words from the Winner of the January Christian Choice Writing Contest

    Ruth Long is upfront about it: she has been a cancer patient for three years. As a self-employed CPA with international clients, she is busy all year long, but especially since tax season is upon us. She’s done a lot of writing as an accountant, including copy for financial statements and official letters to clients, but has never written creatively before now. Why, then, did she choose now to write and of all things, to write so vulnerably about her experience with cancer? These questions were on my mind the instant I finished proofing her writing contest entry titled “Diagnosis:…

  • “The Manual For Righteous Living” Wins Two Christian Literary Awards

    Where do you turn to for the right relationship with God, when churches fail to point you in the right direction?  Award-winning author Olawunmi Biriyok answers these questions and more in The Manual for Righteous Living (158 pages, $14.99 Paperback), a collection of seven awe-inspiring and expositional chapters. The Book was awarded outstanding Christian Literary work and Readers’ Choice on 3 November 2012 in Dallas Texas. The Manual for Righteous Living, published by Xulon Press, is a refreshing game-changing source of strength to transcend the frailties and pitiful arrogance of humans in order to receive the covering, security, endless provision…