Dee & Mom Know the 7 Secrets 2 Love Giveaway

THIS SUMMER HAVE AN INTIMATE BIBLE STUDY w/LOVED ONES

This summer I planned to start a new bible study. For the past three years I have shared a woman's bible study with church friends from my old neighborhood. But like me many of them have relocated, so I thought I would be solo this summer. To my surprise my mom asked to join me. My mom and I are polar opposites in terms of personality, but we share the same spiritual beliefs and have the same hearts' desires, to take care of our families the best way we know how. It was appropriate that we chose Dr. Gary Chapman's Love as a Way of Life.

USE THIS BOOK AS A NINE WEEK BIBLE STUDY

The book is broken up in three parts. We used the first part as a warm-up to get to know each other. The second part we are using like a weekly bible study session. Each week we will learn one of the seven secrets to love. We use the bible study companion in the back of the book to take this session deeper. So far so good. I'm learning some things about my mom, myself, our relationship, and what God has probably been trying to tell us for a long time. :)

AN INVITATION AND CONTEST TO BE APART OF 7 SECRETS COMMUNITY

I invite you to use this book as a personal bible study with your parents, your bffs, your spuse, your kids. See how God moves through you. In fact I like this book so much I am giving away a copy here at Christian Fiction Blog. To enter this giveaway you must do one of three things:

• please add my badge to your sidebar(if you have one,)
  
• twitter the link to this blog post with the words "@deegospel & Mom Knows 7 Secrets 2 Love. Do U?" between now and July 23
  
• or join The Christian Fiction Network.

The winner will be announced next Wednesday in our Wednesday Read-Up. (Yeah I know. I didn't post one this week. :) Leave your entry in the comments. Thank you.

A little more about Gary Chapman

CFB: What is the take-away message of Love as a Way of Life?

Dr. Chapman:

Love as a Way of Life is designed to help the person who sincerely wants to make a positive impact in the world. I believe that is ‘most of us.’ Our biggest problem is that we don’t know how and we keep getting tripped up by our own selfish ambitions. The purpose of the book is to help us break free from the prison of selfishness and come to experience the satisfaction of truly loving others as a way of life. It is little acts of love that build up to a lifestyle of service.

Author Bio:
Gary Chapman is the author of twenty-five books, including the New York Times bestseller The Five Love Languages, with more than 4 million copies in print. His daily radio program, A Love Language Minute, is broadcast on more than 100 stations nationwide. Chapman, a graduate of Moody Bible Institute, Wheaton College, Wake-Forest University, and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, serves on the pastoral staff at Calvary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Atlanta Author Shorts Christian Fiction’s Best

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 18, 2008
Contact: Dee Stewart
deegospelpr@gmail.com

Atlanta Author Shorts Christian Fiction’s Best
Marital Grace Defeating Homosexual Disgrace Makes Debut Novel a Good Read

My Soul Cries Out made the list. The novel depicts an unsuspecting wife realizing that her husband, a music minister has been struggling with homosexuality since childhood, and that their church has been covering up this secret shame for just as long. The novel has already received acclaim through book clubs, reviews and author endorsements. It is also an Essence Magazine Bestseller.
Winners will be announced on September 20, 2008 at the ACFW Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota

About Sherri Lewis
Ms. Lewis is a staff physician at a Georgia Department of Corrections’ women’s prison, and the author of two bestselling novels, My Soul Cries Out and Dance into Destiny. Her third novel, The List will be released March 2009. To learn more, visit Sherri Lewis at www.sherrilewis.com.

About ACFW
The American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) is an association of 1500 authors, editors, agents, publicists and aspiring writers working in the Christian publishing industry.