Holy Is the Day Author Engages Retailers at Summer in Paris CBA Event

Holy Is the Day: Living in the Gift of the Present, By Carolyn Weber

Holy Is the Day Author Engages Retailers at Summer in Paris CBA Event

InterVarsity Press author Carolyn Weber was one of the featured authors at the Canadian Christian Booksellers Association retailer event Summer in Paris on August 6 at David C. Cook Distribution in Canada. CBA retailers from Canada had the opportunity to spend a summer day in Paris where they gained great ideas for engaging with the churches in their communities, were introduced to up-and-coming Christian worship leaders and engaged with Weber and Christian fiction author Sandra Orchard.

by Jane Overstreet

What kind of leader would you be if you were suddenly handed more power? What if you got that promotion you wanted or a headhunter called tomorrow offering you your dream job? Would your leadership be an example of servanthood and justice, or would you give in to the temptations that power always presents?In the time it took Samuel to pour oil on each of their heads, Saul and David both moved from ...

by Steve Wilkens

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by Joshua Choonmin Kang
Foreword by Dallas Willard

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Series edited by D. A. Carson

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Readers' Choice Award Winner

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