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Summer reading shouldn’t be only for kids but also for adults. Books go hand in hand with beachy weather and bright skies .
Our highlights below include new releases, contracts signed, notable reviews and PR events, new authors to the agency and other news of note by clients and agents.
New Releases
Congratulations to Jennifer Strickland and Regnery Faith Publishing for the June 11, 2024 release of I Am a Woman: Taking Back Our Name.
It’s time for women to reclaim what makes them uniquely female and affirm God’s breathtaking design for womanhood.
“Wake up!” cries Jennifer Strickland in this bracing call to women. With womanhood itself under a withering cultural attack, this is no time for Christians to stand teary-eyed on the sidelines.
Men are invading women’s sports and even bathrooms, while schools indoctrinate children in lies about gender fluidity. The assault of insanity on reality took normal women by surprise, but we can’t waste another minute in fighting back.
Our culture needs an answer to transgenderism, pornography, sexual violence, and the lies that are crippling our young women and robbing them of their dignity We cannot abdicate our responsibility to the next generation. It is up to women who fear God to restore the true meaning of our name.
Women have had enough. And now it’s time to rise up as emboldened warriors to declare the truth against the gender-bending culture’s lies.
Jennifer Strickland, a podcaster, author, and former model, is calling women to use their influence to expose the lies of gender ideology and point children and teens back to God’s beautiful design for male and female.
In I Am a Woman, Strickland calls Christians to uphold the dignity of womanhood with clarity and compassion. She urges readers to cherish the power imbedded in the name “Woman”—because women are not undefinable. The name “Woman” means guardian, rescuer, advocate, protector, and life-bearer. Women must reclaim their name and reject any agenda that diminishes the dignity of sex and gender for future generations—before it’s too late.
Congratulations to Elizabeth Felicetti and Samantha Vicent-Alexander and Eerdmans Publishing for the July 2, 2024 release of Irreverent Prayers: Talking to God When You’re Seriously Sick.
Two pastors share their experiences with serious illness—and their candid, darkly humorous prayers for making it through.
Samantha Vincent-Alexander almost died from a septic leg infection. Elizabeth Felicetti underwent aggressive treatment for both breast and lung cancer in the space of a few months—and then the cancer came back. As Episcopal priests, they know well the typical prayers offered in times like these. But when you’re seriously sick, you need more than psalms and sentimentality.
You need to tell God how you really feel.
With vulnerability and wry humor, Felicetti and Vincent-Alexander share the prayers they wish they had when they were ill: thanksgiving for one-size-fits-all hospital underwear, curses against Tylenol, frustrated appeals when well-wishers call you brave or inspiring. At once faithful and brutally honest, these prayers offer readers a more candid way of communicating with the God who understands human suffering with an incarnational intimacy.
Talking to God when you’re fighting serious illness can feel impossible. But God can bear our doubt, anger, anxiety, and grief. This unconventional prayerbook helps readers access a deeper relationship with God in raw times—and offers them a place of solidarity and spiritual rest.
Congratulations to John A Dailey and Knox Press for the August 13, 2024 release of Tough Rugged Bastards: A Memoir of a Life in Marine Special Operations.
Tough, Rugged Bastards is the memoir of an ordinary guy who seized an extraordinary opportunity to become one of the most elite warfighters in America during the most volatile times in the Global War on Terror.
Following the 9/11 attacks, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld directed the Marine Corps to establish a unit that would answer to US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). The eighty-six-man “Detachment One” was formed with a two-year charter to train and deploy as a “proof-of-concept” to assess the viability of a larger Marine Special Operations contribution in support of the Global War on Terror.
For such a departure from the norm, a special leader was needed. The Commanding Officer—Colonel Robert J. Coates, a Marine Force Recon legend—was given his pick of personnel. One of the four team leaders he selected was Gunnery Sergeant John A. Dailey. Coates gave Dailey and the others free rein to select their men from a crew of proven Force Recon Marines with the sole stipulation that they be: “Tough, rugged bastards with strong backs and hard feet.”
These men built a unit from nothing, trained for unknown missions in an unknown location, and deployed amid controversy and skepticism. Once in Iraq, they were dubbed “Task Unit Raider” and quickly won over the naysayers who doubted the Marine’s ability to operate successfully in the fluid and unconventional special operations environment.
This book tells Dailey’s story of the creation, training, and volatile 2004 Iraq deployment of Task Unit Raider that led to the creation of the Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC). Det-1 served as the bridge between the Raiders of WWII and the Marine Raiders of today.
Contracts
Shannon Evans with Eric Clayton signed with Paulist Press for the June 2025 release of Our Mother Too: The World Embraces Mary.
Courtney Ellis signed with InterVarsity Press for the February 2026 release of Weathering Change.
New Clients
Noelle Mering, Gretchen Hammond, Julie Belshe, and Dr. Angela Kaye Love recently signed with WordServe. Welcome!
What We’re Celebrating
Congratulations to Carolyn Leiloglou and Katie Powner. Their books – Beneath the Swirling Sky by Carolyn Leiloglou and The Wind Blows in the Sleeping Grass by Katie Powner won Selah Awards under the categories of “Middle Grade Novels” and “General Fiction”
Congratulations to Susan Cleland. Her book “Mission Vigilant: A Mother’s Crusade to Stem the Tide of Veteran Suicide ” was honored in the 2024 International Book Awards, by the American Book Fest.
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We apologize but the April Water Cooler did not go out as scheduled.
Reading strengthens your mind, which is essential to your well-being. Research reveals that just 30 minutes a day of reading can improve people’s life experiences . . . our highlights below include new releases, contracts signed, notable reviews and PR events, new authors to the agency and other news of note by clients and agents.
New Releases
Congratulations to Kevin G. Ford with Jim Singleton and IV Press for the April 2, 2024 release of Attentive Church Leadership.
The world has changed. The changes around us present daunting challenges to the church, and we minister in places we have never been in before. But there are no one-size-fits-all solutions because every church needs to attend to its specific situation and calling. We need to listen for not only what to do but also what not to do. In a world screaming in a thousand directions for our focus, it’s essential for us to become attentive to God, our congregation, and our community.
Kevin Ford and Jim Singleton call for attentive churches with attentive leaders who can discern cultural and organizational change and pivot accordingly. Healthy transformation starts with a posture of attention. We need to see what God is already doing in our midst: in our own soul, in our people, and in the communities and culture around us. Chapters explore key questions that attentive leaders ask and offer case studies of attentive churches that have navigated the issues and transitions facing them. As we practice habits of attention, God leads us through the highs and lows of change into the exciting adventure of being on mission with him.
Congratulations to Catherine Ricketts and Broadleaf Books for the April 16, 2024 release of The Mother Artist: Portraits of Ambition, Limitation, and Creativity.
Are caregiving and creative labor fundamentally at odds? Is it possible for mothers to attend to both?
Few women artists feature prominently in the history of art, and even fewer who are mothers. How are motherhood and artmaking at play and at odds in the lives of women? What can we learn about ambition, limitation, and creativity from women who persist in doing both?
Forged in the stress of early motherhood, The Mother Artist explores the fraught yet generative ties between caregiving and creative practice. As a young mother working at a museum, essayist Catherine Ricketts began asking questions about the making of motherhood and the making of art. Now, with incantatory prose and an intuitive gaze, she twines intimate meditations on parenthood with studies of the work and lives of painters, writers, dancers, musicians, and other creatives. Ricketts takes readers through the studios of mother artists, placing us in the company of women from the past and the present who persevere in both art and caregiving. We encounter Senga Nengudi’s sculptures, which celebrate the pregnant body, and Toni Morrison’s powerful writing on childbirth. We behold Joan Didion’s meditations on maternal grief and Alice Neel’s arresting portraits of mothers and babies. And we observe the ambition of sculptor Ruth Asawa, the activism of printmaker Elizabeth Catlett, and the constancy of writer Madeleine L’Engle. The Mother Artist welcomes us into a community of creatives and includes full-color images of their work.
Part memoir, part biography, and part inquiry into the visual, literary, and performing arts, The Mother Artist contends that a brutal world needs art made by those who have cared for the vulnerable. This book is for mothers who aspire to make art, anyone eager to discover the stories of visionary women, and all who long for a revolution of tenderness.
Congratulations to Christy Bauman and Convergent Books for the April 29, 2024 release of Her Rites.
Every woman wants wholeness—to be at home in her body, in her relationships, in her life. But women too often feel that they don’t belong to themselves. The path to wholeness, to a woman belonging to herself, is formidable, and women know they can’t travel it alone.
Author, teacher, and therapist Dr. Christy Angelle Bauman has dedicated her life to guiding women on this path to meaning and profound joy.
In Her Rites, Dr. Bauman takes you into her office and through six transformative exercises: a deep dive into the most common rites of passage in every woman’s life, when she sometimes loses hold of herself but also has a unique opportunity to reclaim herself.
• Birth: claiming how and why you came into the world
• Initiation: coming of age
• Exile: finding yourself
• Creation: bringing something new into the world
• Intuition: acquiring embodied wisdom that comes later in life
• Legacy: living with emotional and spiritual readiness for one’s own death
These rites help women to find wholeness and self-knowledge. Included in Her Rites are ritual templates and exercises that Dr. Bauman employs with her clients, which will help any woman incorporate the principles of self-reclamation into her daily life.
Dr. Bauman has seen again and again that by learning to pause and to reflect on these key moments, we can come home to ourselves and receive the gift of flourishing.
Congratulations to Rick Lawrence and Moody Publishers for the June 4, 2024 release of Editing Jesus: Confronting the Distorted Faith of the American Church.
We need Jesus. The whole Jesus.
The American church is in decline. Secularism is fast gaining traction in culture. Ministry leaders and Christians who love the church are rightly concerned about this momentum. We’re scrambling to find solutions.
Longtime Christian journalist, researcher, and ministry leader Rick Lawrence believes that the driving force propelling the church into irrelevance is its propensity reduce Jesus. Deeply researched and comprehensively sourced, Editing Jesus, explores the 8 ways the Jesus of the contemporary church has been edited to fit the spirit of the age. Lawrence writes on:
The Co-Mingling of Kingdoms
The Marginalization of the Poor
The Golden-Calfing of Materialism
The Dismissing of the Supernatural
The Siren-Song of Platforming
The De-Prioritizing of Justice . . . and more
This book is for every person who loves Jesus and His church—who longs to see the real Jesus worshiped and exalted. And it’s for every person who wonders how the wheels came off Western Christianity and harbors a hunger that goes unmet in the church. When we discover and return to the unedited Jesus, it’s impossible to remain unchanged.
The church begins and ends with Jesus. The whole Jesus.
Contracts
Roger Hutchison signed with 1517 Media for the July 2025 release of Sparrow’s Easter Garden and the September 2025 release of Sparrow’s Blue Christmas.
Jerry Jamison signed with Rowman & Littlefield for the June 2025 release of Dead Air: True Crime.
Marc Cameron signed with Worthy Publishing for the September 2026 release of HEALING FROM YOUR CHILDHOOD: A Guide for How to Heal Your Relationships Through Secure Attachment.
Jerry Lathan signed with Forefront Books for the November 2024 release of Recitals.
Chuck Blakeman signed with Entrepreneur Media for the July 2025 release of Serve Don’t Sell.
Henry Sledge signed with Post Hill Press for the August 2025 release of The Old Breed… The Complete Story Revealed: A Father, A Son and How WWII In the Pacific Shaped Their Lives.
Shawn Horn signed with New Harbinger Publications for the February 2026 release of Communication Skills for Adults with ADHD: A Shame-Free Guide to Manage Hyperverbal Expression, Overcome Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria and Achieve Social Success,
Katie Powner signed with Bethany House for the May 2025 release of Come Around Ranch.
Alexandra MacKillop signed with Rowman & Littlefield for the September 2025 release of Go With Your Flow.
Laurie Polich Short signed with Bethany House for the January 2026 release of Tracking God In Your Life.
Jessie Cruickshank with Julia Schmaltz signed with NAVPress for the April 2026 release of Your Life Is a Good News Story.
New Clients
Julia Schmaltz, Hayley Graham, Kristy Nabhan-Warren, Amelia Tomasi-Ellenstein, Renee Swanson, Adam Boggs, Courtney Ellis, Abgail Favale, Jayne Parenti, and Sarah McDugal recently signed with WordServe. Welcome!
What We’re Celebrating
Congratulations to Carolyn Leiloglou and Linda MacKillop. Their books – Beneath the Swirling Sky by Carolyn Leiloglou and Hotel, Oscar, Mike, Echo by Linda MacKillop were finalists for the category Young People’s Literature by The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA).
Congratulations to Russell W. Joyce. His book, His Face Like Mine: Finding God’s Love in Our Wounds received a positive review by Publishers Weekly.
Congratulations to Katie Powner. Her book, The Wind Blows in Sleeping Grass was a finalist in the Contemporary category by the ACFW. The Carol Awards are ACFW’s recognition for the best Christian fiction published in the previous calendar year.
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March is National Reading Month. . . . our highlights below include new releases, contracts signed, notable reviews and PR events, new authors to the agency and other news of note by clients and agents.
New Releases
Congratulations to Jamie Sumner and Atheneum Books for the April 9, 2024 release of Deep Water.
Six hours.
One marathon swim.
That’s all Tully Birch needs to get her life straightened out. With the help of her best friend, Arch, Tully braves the waters of Lake Tahoe to break the record for the youngest person ever to complete the famous “Godfather swim.” She wants to achieve something no one in the world has done, because if she does, maybe, just maybe, her mom will come back.
The swim starts off well—heart steady, body loose, Arch in charge of snacks as needed. But for Tully, all that time alone with her thoughts allows memories to surface. And in the silence of deep waters, sadness can sink you. When the swim turns dangerous, Tully fights for her survival. Does she keep going and risk her own safety and Arch’s? Or does she quit to save them both, even if it means giving up hope that her mother will return?
Congratulations to Dr. Daniel Amen and Tyndale Refresh for the March 26, 2024 release of Raising Mentally Strong Kids: How to Combine the Power of Neuroscience with Love and Logic to Grow Confident, Kind, Responsible, and Resilient Children and Young Adults.
Parenting is about to get easier–and a whole lot more effective….
In a time when so many children and young adults seem to be struggling, parents are looking for help in bringing up mentally healthy kids who are equipped to thrive. Finally, evidence-based help is now available for overwhelmed parents who are trying their best but feel like they’re falling short.
#1 New York Times bestselling author and neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen and child psychologist Dr. Charles Fay have teamed up to reveal what’s missing from most parenting books. It’s the fact that you need to address both the brain and the mind of your child (and yourself) in order to effectively raise good and strong humans.
In this groundbreaking book where neuroscience meets love and logic, parents are given practical tools to help children of all ages go from behavioral problems like defiance, meltdowns, and power struggles to being:
- Responsible, confident, kind, and resilient
- Better prepared to make good decisions
- More focused and motivated
- Better able to have healthy relationships, and more….
Let Dr. Amen and Dr. Fay help you learn how to be the parent you’ve always dreamed you could be―and raise great kids who are on their way to reaching their full potential, including their best possible mental health.
Congratulations to Jim Putman and Faith-Happenings Publishing the March 20, 2024 release of Church is a Team Sport: A Championship Strategy for Doing Ministry Together.
How do churches grow and make an impact in their community . . . and the world? They work together in intentional ways in order to maximize everyone’s gifts. They’re mission-driven.
Church Is a Team Sport shows proven ways to push believers, new and mature, toward growth as both Christians–and leaders. Through this powerful, thought-provoking volume, ministers both in the congregation and on staff will discover how to expand the church one soul at a time.
Making disciples is the crux of pastor Jim Putman’s message. The plan works. Caring for people, following up on stray sheep, and teaching what it means to love God and obey him. That’s how Church Is a Team Sport transforms Christians from Monday-morning quarterbacks into dynamic players.
Contracts
Robert Elmer signed with Lexham Press for the September 2025 release of Everyday Prayers.
Thomas Sileo and Jennifer Ballou signed with St. Martin’s Publishing for the January 2026 release of Joyful Resilience: A Gold Star Army Veteran’s Battle Plan For Conquering Life.
Cameron Bellm signed with Wm. B Eerdman’s Publishing for the October 2025 release of The Sacrament of Paying Attention: Contemplative Practices for Restoring Sacred Human Communion.
New Clients
Chuck Blakeman, Andrew Lang, Judy Peres, Marc Cameron, Kathy Saunders, Tabitha McDuffee, and Tony Williams recently signed with WordServe. Welcome!
[title] => WordServe March News 2024 [desc] => March is National Reading Month. . . . our highlights below include new releases, contracts signed, notable reviews and PR events, new authors to the agency and other news of note by clients and agents. New Releases Congratulations to Jamie Sumner and Atheneum Books for the April 9, 2024 release of Deep Water. Six hours.One marathon …
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New Releases
Congratulations to Robert L Wise and FaithHappenings Publishing for the November 28, 2023 release of The Conspiracy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer — Stopping Hitler.
The time has come to tell the story again. Westerners tend to forget that evil dictators don’t disappear. The West must remember the story of a man who laid down his life to stop tyranny in order to bring peace in his time.
The almost unknown account of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s full involvement in the attempts to assassinate Adolph Hitler remains one of the extraordinary stories of World War II. A towering theologian and patriot, Bonhoeffer did not retreat from joining the fight to stop the Nazis. In these pages you will discover an explosive adventure that remains an ultimate witness to the truth.
After his capture, his finance Maria von Wedemeyer, never gave up attempting to find him and stand with him. In later years, Maria was to become the leading scientist with the Remington Rand Corporation, pioneering the way for the modern computer.
The author’s interview with Bonhoeffer’s godson, Christop Von Dohnanyi, sheds more light on who Bonhoeffer was and what he accomplished. You will find this thoroughly researched though novelized story of Bonhoeffer’s involvement in WWII to be gripping and compelling.
Congratulations to Thomas Quinn with Paige Kaner for the January 28, 2024 release of Game Changer: Al Ross: The Man Who Transformed the NBA.
In 1971 one man fought the ABA and the NBA all the way to the US Supreme Court–and won!
Determined and principled, rookie lawyer Al Ross fought for players who had been underpaid and badly treated by team owners. Against the odds, his victory transformed the game of basketball as we know it, and its impact is still felt today.
Al Ross is a sports and entertainment attorney turned real estate mogul. He fought hard for all his athletes and entertainers, especially against the racially charged ABA and some of its franchise owners, most of whom were very wealthy, powerful white men. He did so to ensure his athletes (mainly young, black athletes) got the best deals imaginable and a fair shake.
Set against the backdrop of The Civil Rights Movement, perhaps, his biggest fight was against racism in all the world of professional sports. Al, then a young sports agent and newly admitted lawyer to the California Bar went to war on behalf of the then very young, very talented, Spencer Haywood, who was being horribly mistreated and racially discriminated against by the ABA, specifically, the Denver Rockets owner and franchise. Al assembled a team of legal experts and took Spencer’s case all the way to the US Supreme Court where Al and his team won the verdict. This win would not only benefit his client, the young Haywood, but would forever change the lives of so many young players who came after Spencer and benefitted greatly from the verdict. It changed the NBA and the world of professional sports forever by instituting The Al Ross “Hardship Rule”.
The ABA/NBA connection was only the beginning of his illustrious career. He dealt with some of the best players, talent and most powerful men in basketball, football, baseball and entertainment. He negotiated in basketball against Jack Kent Cook, then owner of the L.A. Lakers. Sam Shuman, owner of the Seattle Supersonics, Abe Pollen with Bullets, Jerry Colangelo with the Suns, and in football against Al Davis of the Raiders and Don Shula then of the 1972 undefeated Miami Dolphins, and many others.
Congratulations to Angela J Herrington and Eerdmans for the February 20, 2024 release of Deconstructing Your Faith without Losing Yourself.
How to heal religious trauma by releasing harmful beliefs
Have you experienced #ChurchHurt? Are you frustrated by judgmental church people supporting oppressive systems? Do you have doubts about the faith tradition you were raised in but are afraid of losing your community? Angela J. Herrington has been there. And with over a decade of experience as a life coach, she can teach you how to begin healing religious trauma through deconstruction.
Lively and empathetic, Angela will gently guide you through deconstructing your faith. This concise and actionable handbook will
• give you permission to trust yourself,
• show you how to seek new perspectives and information,
• teach you how to embrace vulnerable exploration and self-compassion, and
• help you release unhealthy beliefs that are harming you and marginalized persons.
Deconstructing your long-held beliefs can be isolating and overwhelming. But you don’t have to do it alone. Begin your healing journey with Deconstructing Your Faith without Losing Yourself.
Congratulations to Glenn Allen with Richard Kaufman for January 19, 2024 release of Played: The Games of the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
American Olympic Committee President Avery Brundage, unmoved by the new Nazi regime’s anti-Jewish doctrines, leads the fight to participate in the 1936 Berlin Games after much debate of a U.S. boycott. Brundage desperately wants to be on the International Olympic Committee. If he doesn’t get the Americans to Berlin, he can kiss that dream goodbye.
When the vote is decided in Brundage’s favor, AP Sports Editor, Alan J. Gould, friend and champion of the athletes, travels to Berlin to cover all of the “games” being played. Through his eyes we see the machinations of Brundage’s complicity with the Nazis, the tenacity of the proud American athletes, and the extreme pressure from the Nazis on their German athletes. Their stories, heartbreaking and tragic, give rise to feats of heroism that go beyond the playing field.
PLAYED is a cauldron of politics, sports, espionage and courage. Along the way we meet some of the most famous people of the time; Mae West, Charlie Chaplin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Joseph Goebbels, Leni Riefenstahl, Eva Braun and the madman himself, who vowed to “make Germany great again,” Adolf Hitler.
Contracts
Marissa Burt and Kelsey Elizabeth Kramer signed with Brazos Press for the October 2025 release of In The Way They Should Go.
Jamie Sumner signed with Simon & Schuster for the January 2027 release of Fly.
Brian Byrd signed with Post Hill Press for the March 2025 release of Navigating The Evaluation Era: Mastering Feedback For Personal And Professional Growth.
Candace Camling signed with Ascension for the March 2025 release of Camling Interactive Rosary.
Carole Avriett with Thomas Curtis signed with Valor Press for the 2025 release of Captured, Tortured, Freed: Faith lessons from 7+ years as a Vietnam-Era POW.
Debora M Coty signed with Christian Art Gifts for the August 2025 release of Bless Your Heart: Daily Devotions to Warm Your Heart & Feed Your Soul.
Alisha Darlyne Miller signed with Baker Publishing for the July 2025 release of Courageous Divorce.
New Clients
Randy Grigsby, Sherrie Eldridge, Stephen Day, and Dan Hoffman recently signed with WordServe. Welcome!
What We’re Celebrating
Congratulations Gregory Royal Pratt for the Chicago Review on The City Is Up For Grabs: How Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Led and Lost a City in Crisis.
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New Releases
Congratulations to Jessica Hooten Wilson with Steve Prince and Brazos Press for January 23, 2024 release of Flannery O’Connor’s Why Do the Heathen Rage?: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Work in Progress .
When celebrated American novelist and short story writer Flannery O’Connor died at the age of thirty-nine in 1964, she left behind an unfinished third novel titled Why Do the Heathen Rage? Scholarly experts uncovered and studied the material, deeming it unpublishable. It stayed that way for more than fifty years.
Until now.
For the past ten-plus years, award-winning author Jessica Hooten Wilson has explored the 378 pages of typed and handwritten material of the novel–transcribing pages, organizing them into scenes, and compiling everything to provide a glimpse into what O’Connor might have planned to publish.
This book is the result of Hooten Wilson’s work. In it, she introduces O’Connor’s novel to the public for the first time and imagines themes and directions O’Connor’s work might have taken. Including illustrations and an afterword from noted artist Steve Prince (One Fish Studio), the book unveils scenes that are both funny and thought-provoking, ultimately revealing that we have much to learn from what O’Connor left behind.
Congratulations to Angela J. Herrington and Eerdmans Press for February 20, 2024 release of Deconstructing Your Faith without Losing Yourself.
Have you experienced #ChurchHurt? Are you frustrated by judgmental church people supporting oppressive systems? Do you have doubts about the faith tradition you were raised in but are afraid of losing your community? Angela J. Herrington has been there. And with over a decade of experience as a life coach, she can teach you how to begin healing religious trauma through deconstruction.
Lively and empathetic, Angela will gently guide you through deconstructing your faith. This concise and actionable handbook will
• give you permission to trust yourself,
• show you how to seek new perspectives and information,
• teach you how to embrace vulnerable exploration and self-compassion, and
• help you release unhealthy beliefs that are harming you and marginalized persons.
Deconstructing your long-held beliefs can be isolating and overwhelming. But you don’t have to do it alone. Begin your healing journey with Deconstructing Your Faith without Losing Yourself.
Contracts
Todd Korpi signed with InterVarsity Press for the July 2025 release of Artificial Intelligence and the People of God.
Ruth Goring signed with Harding House Publishing for the release of Dearworthy.
New Clients
Henry Rausch, Kelly Edmiston, Yolanda Williams, Henry Sledge, and Serena Sigillito recently signed with WordServe. Welcome!
[title] => WordServe January News 2024 [desc] => January is national book month . . . our highlights below include new releases, contracts signed, notable reviews and PR events, new authors to the agency and other news of note by clients and agents. New Releases Congratulations to Jessica Hooten Wilson with Steve Prince and Brazos Press for January 23, 2024 release of Flannery …
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New Releases
Congratulations to Kris Tarantino with Cori Doerrfeld and Waterbrook Publishing for December 19th release of Be My Valenslime.
Snoodle is an unusual monster. She loves candy hearts, fun parties, fuzzy kittens, fancy hats, sparkly stickers, and . . . valentines! There’s just one problem: Monsters don’t do Valentine’s Day!
And when Snoodle tries to throw a Valentine’s Day party for her monster friends, nothing goes right. Every attempt to show them what love looks like turns into monster mayhem! With each disaster, Snoodle tries to be patient and kind, and to not be rude or get easily angered. But if the party isn’t perfect, how can Snoodle convince the other monsters to be her Valenslime?
Debut author Kris Tarantino and New York Times bestselling illustrator Cori Doerrfeld bring to life a wonderful cast in this laugh-out-loud exploration of the true meaning of love.
New Clients
Henry Rausch recently signed with WordServe. Welcome!
What We’re Celebrating
Congratulations Patricia Raybon! Double the Lies earned Christianity Today’s Fiction 2024 Book Award. Christianity Today describes selections for this prestigious award as: “the books most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture.” Read the entire award review at https://rushtopress.org/13522-2/.
A Final Word for 2023
Another year in publishing has come and gone and for WordServe, it was another solid year. We celebrated our 20th year as an agency and are hugely grateful to be able to continue the work we love.
We were able to place more than 60 new titles, about 20% of which were by new authors and 25% to general market houses. We secured 15 new collaboration projects, 4 movie options, and several audio/video deals.
We said goodbye to long-time agent Sarah Freese and said hello to our new agent, Emma Fulenwider, who’s working near her Sacramento home. Nick Harrison continues to contribute to WordServe with a few deals, some writing projects under his name, and attending many writer conferences a year, scouting new talent. And our indispensable Julie Gabrisch keeps the website updated, and everything else organized. It’s a great team and I’m honored to lead it.
Have a Happy New Year!
Greg Johnson
President
P.S. We moved out of our office so everyone is working remote. Our new mailing address is 700 Colorado Blvd., #318, Denver, CO 80206.
[title] => WordServe December News 2023 [desc] => Grab a warm cup of coffee, tea, or hot chocolate and a good book. Here are our in new books, authors and news . . . our highlights below include new releases, contracts signed, notable reviews and PR events, new authors to the agency and other news of note by clients and agents. New Releases …Continue reading "WordServe December News 2023"
[link] => https://wordservewatercooler.com/2024/01/01/wordserve-december-news-2023/ [date] => Mon, 01 Jan 2024 05:10:00 +0000 [comments] => ) [1701409680] => Array ( [img] =>National Family Literacy Month is celebrated during the month of November. National Family Literacy Month is an opportunity for families to learn and read together. It also celebrates the work literacy programs do to empower families. Here are our in new books, authors and news . . . our highlights below include new releases, contracts signed, notable reviews and PR events, new authors to the agency and other news of note by clients and agents.
New Releases
Congratulations to Sarah Varland and Love Inspired Suspense for the January 23, 2024 release of Alaskan Wilderness Rescue (K-9 Search and Rescue, 11),
A missing person rescue is now a K-9 manhunt for a killer…
A missing person case sends search and rescue worker Elsie Montgomery and her K-9 to a remote Alaskan island…only to discover she’s got a target on her back. Now she must partner with pilot Wyatt Chandler, the one man she doesn’t trust, to stay alive while confronting her shadowy past. But can they capture a killer before their time together runs out for good?
Contracts
Patricia Raybon signed with Tyndale for the September 2025 release of a new book yet to be titled.
Grace Hamman signed with Zondervan for the August 2025 release of Ask of Old Paths.
New Clients
Cameron Bellm recently signed with WordServe. Welcome!
What We’re Celebrating
Congratulations to us! It was November 1, 2003, that WordServe Literary was birthed by founder and president Greg Johnson.
“It’s been a huge honor and privilege to shepherd authors and books to greater levels of success these last 20 years. The industry has gone through monumental changes during these past two decades, and as it continues to evolve, myself and our agents: Keely, Nick and Emma will continue to do what is needed to get great reads and important books to market.”
Congratulations Walt Larimore for winning the The Page Turner Non- Fiction Book Award for At First Light.
Congratulations, Linda MacKillop! The Forgotten Life of Eva Gordon won the 2023 Christy Award Finalist under the category of “First Novel“.
Congratulations Katie Powner! Where the Blue Sky Begins won the 2023 Christy Award under the category of “General Fiction“.
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New Releases
Congratulations to Walt Larimore with Mike Yorkey and Knox Press for the paperback release of At First Light: A True World War II Story of a Hero, His Bravery, and an Amazing Horse.
What makes 2nd Lieutenant Phil Larimore’s story special is what happened in World War II’s closing days and the people—and horses—he interacted with in this Forrest Gump-like tale that is emotional, heartbreaking, and inspiring.
Growing up in the 1930s in Memphis, Tennessee, Phil Larimore is the ultimate Boy Scout—able to read maps, put a compass to good use, and traverse wild swamps and desolate canyons. His other great skill is riding horses.
Phil does poorly in school, however, leading his parents send to him to a military academy. After Pearl Harbor, Phil realizes he is destined for war. Three weeks before his eighteenth birthday, he becomes the youngest candidate to ever graduate from Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Landing on the Anzio beachhead in February 1944, Phil is put in charge of an Ammunition Pioneer Platoon in the 3rd Infantry Division. Their job: deliver ammunition to the frontline foxholes—a dangerous assignment involving regular forays into No Man’s Land.
As Phil fights his way up the Italian boot, into Southern France and across the Rhine River into Germany, he is caught up in some of the most intense combat ever. But it’s what happens in the final stages of the war and his homecoming that makes Phil’s story incredibly special and heartwarming.
An emotional tale of courage, daring, and heroism, At First Light will remind you of the indomitable human spirit that lives in all of us.
Congratulations to Lydia E. Harris and Knox Press for the September 13th release of GRAND Moments: Devotions Inspired by Grandkids.
40 Devotions Inspired by Grandkids. Get ready to smile, laugh, and perhaps shed a few tears as you read the encouraging devotions in GRAND Moments: Devotions Inspired by Grandkids. Lydia Harris (known as “Grandma Tea” to her grandkids) combines heartwarming stories from her grandchildren’s lives and wisdom from God’s Word to inspire grandparents in every season. She also includes thirteen tasty recipes to make and enjoy with grandchildren. Each of the forty devotions includes a “grand thought” takeaway, a prayer, creative ideas to spend time with grandchildren, and quotes from grandparents and grandkids. GRAND Moments offers practical tips to guide grandparents as they pray for their grandchildren, share and model their faith, and invest in their grandchildren’s lives. Whether grandchildren live near or far away, this book will help readers grow as intentional Christian grandparents and pass on a godly legacy to future generations.
Congratulations to Lanny Hunter with Blackstone Publishing for the October 10th release of Exit Wounds: A Vietnam Elegy.
More than just a war memoir, Exit Wounds is a powerful story of a medical officer in Vietnam that reflects on duty, ethics, faithfulness, and how individuals are impacted by war.
An intimate boots-on-the-ground story, Hunter’s memoir begins with an intimate portrayal of two men whose lives crossed in Vietnam in 1965 and became irrevocably linked. Lanny Hunter was a Green Beret surgeon and soldier, and Y-Kre Mlo was his Montagnard interpreter. Hunter left Vietnam after the war, only to return in 1995 in response to Y-Kre’s request for help.
Hunter served in Vietnam believing America occupied the moral high ground. He lived the experience “war is hell” but also noted its obverse: war as heaven. In his memoir he explores the notion of both the military and medicine as mystical vocations, and the ambiguities of duty, citizenship, cultural imperialism, spirituality, morality, loss, and recovery.
Peopled with real soldiers who were dedicated, courageous, gentle, proud, profane, and a little mad, and seasoned with Hunter’s personal insights on medicine and moral injury, Exit Wounds is an incredibly insightful book that reveals what happens when America’s leaders place personal ambition above honor and deliberately lie to each other, the citizens, and its army.
Congratulations to Grace Hamman with Beth Allison Barr and Zondervan for the October 31st release of Jesus through Medieval Eyes: Beholding Christ with the Artists, Mystics, and Theologians of the Middle Ages.
C.S. Lewis noted that the church has a problem: Whenever Christians are brainstorming together about who Jesus is and who we are, we go out and read mostly people who agree with us, or who live in our same time and place. It’s hard to separate the cultural wheat from the chaff. But what happens when we do read people’s answers to Jesus’s question from the past lives and places of the church–people who may be wholly unlike us? Who is Jesus? What is he like? And who am I, encountering Jesus?
The answers will surprise you.
Jesus through Medieval Eyes, by Grace Hamman, looks to the Christians of the Middle Ages, to a time and culture dissimilar to our own, for their answers to these questions. Medieval Europeans were also suffering through pandemics, dealing with political and ecclesial corruption and instability, and reckoning with gender, money, and power. Yet their concerns and imaginations are unlike ours. Their ideas, narratives, and art about Jesus open up paradoxically fresh and ancient ways to approach and adore Christ–and reveal where our own cultural ideals about the Messiah fall short.
In thoughtful and accessible chapters, medievalist scholar Grace Hamman explores and meditates upon medieval representations of Jesus in theology and literature. These representations of Jesus span from the familiar, like Jesus as the Judge at the End of Days, or Jesus as the Lover of the Song of Songs, to the more unusual, like Jesus as Our Mother. Through the words of medieval people like Julian of Norwich, St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Margery Kempe, and St. Thomas Aquinas, we meet these faces of Jesus and find renewed ways to love the Savior, in the words of St. Augustine, that “beauty so ancient and so new.”
Congratulations to Kara Powell with Jen Bradbury and Brad Griffin and Zondervan for the November 7th release of Faith Beyond Youth Group: Five Ways to Form Character and Cultivate Lifelong Discipleship.
Most typical youth ministries today produce nice, obedient kids who behave themselves—and then leave the church and the faith. Even those who remain struggle to extend their own faith beyond youth group. They seem like “good kids,” but their lives and decisions outside youth group aren’t oriented toward Jesus. Clearly that is not our goal. So what are we doing wrong? And how can we better serve the unique needs of the most anxious, adaptive, and diverse generation in history?
If you’re tired of youth ministry that fails to change lives, it’s time to change youth ministry.
Building on two decades of the Fuller Youth Institute’s work and incorporating extensive new research and interviews, Faith Beyond Youth Group identifies the reasons youth ministry often flops both short-term and long-term, and offers five ways adult youth leaders can cultivate character for a lifetime of growing closer to Jesus rather than drifting away. It shows leaders how to cultivate trust, model growth, teach for transformation, practice together, and make meaning so that teenagers can become adults who hold fast to Jesus and boldly live out a robust faith in a watching world.
Congratulations to Jay Hewitt and Zondervan for the November 14th release of I Am Weak, I Am Strong: Building a Resilient Faith for a Resilient Life.
Even on the days you struggle to stay strong, you can live a resilient and hopeful life.
After receiving a devastating brain cancer diagnosis, Jay Hewitt had a decision to make: Should he give up on faith or practice what he preached and trust that with God all things are possible? In I Am Weak, I Am Strong, Jay chronicles his journey of turning toward Jesus even when circumstances urged him to turn away. Faith in action for Jay included competing in an IRONMAN triathlon while undergoing cancer treatment. His race was a grand gesture of love for his young daughter–and a call to resilience for all of us.
I Am Weak, I Am Strong reminds us that our true “superpower” comes from God. As you read Jay’s honest and inspiring words, you will:
- Understand the counterintuitive wisdom of strength in weakness
- Learn to discern the voice of God and his calling for your life
- Live with resilience in the face of any trial
- Discover how God moves mountains–even when you least expect it
- Feel empowered to pray authentically, boldly, and continually
For anyone who is searching for hope in anxiety and grief, needs validation and compassion in times of doubt, is curious about faith in the face of death, or longs for a more authentic relationship with God, I Am Weak, I Am Strong will teach you that faith grows from the freedom to doubt.
Strength grows from realizing how weak we are on our own. And light grows when we follow God’s dreams for us, even through the darkness.
Contracts
Eric A Clayton signed with Brazos Press for the May 2025 release of Peace is Now Hear Waiting.
Sarah Varland signed with Harlequin for the February 2025 releasee of K-9 Theme novels.
New Clients
Hilda Labrada Gore, Jerry Lathan, Kelsey Kramer McGinnis, Doug Schmidt, Jennifer Balou and Marissa Burt recently signed with WordServe. Welcome!
What We’re Celebrating
Congratulations to us! It was November 1, 2003, that WordServe Literary was birthed by founder and president Greg Johnson.
“It’s been a huge honor and privilege to shepherd authors and books to greater levels of success these last 20 years. The industry has gone through monumental changes during these past two decades, and as it continues to evolve, myself and our agents: Keely, Nick and Emma will continue to do what is needed to get great reads and important books to market.”
Congratulations Natalie Runion! Raised to Stay: Persevering in Ministry When You Have a Million Reasons to Walk Away is ranked #1 on the ECPA Bestseller list.
Congratulations, Linda MacKillop! The Forgotten Life of Eva Gordon is a 2023 Christy Award Finalist under the category of “First Novel“.
Congratulations Bryan Clark! God’s Not Like That: Redeeming Inherited Beliefs and Finding the Father You Long For is ranked #5 on the ECPA Bestseller list.
Congratulations Katie Powner! Where the Blue Sky Begins is a 2023 Christy Award Finalist under the category of “General Fiction“.
[title] => WordServe October News 2023 [desc] => Did you know that October is National Book Month? Founded back in 2003, National Book Month is a month-long celebration focusing on the importance of reading, writing and literature. Here are our in new books, authors and news . . . our highlights below include new releases, contracts signed, notable reviews and PR events, new …
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New Releases
Congratulations to Bill Myers and Fidelis Publishing for the September 13th release of Insight: Rendezvous with God Volume Four: A Novel.
Just as our hapless hero finally gets use to Jesus’ s many surprise visits, the stakes are raised even higher when his ex begs to move into his house with her latest boyfriend. Then, of course, there are the other women in his life— an uber-religious conservative and a jaded ex-Christian. All this as, barely knowing the Bible himself, he is roped into teaching a Bible study to rival gang members at the local prison. And yet, somehow, amidst the drama, comedy and surprising turn of events, he stumbles into the maturity God has always hoped for him.
Congratulations to Katie Powner and Bethany House Publishing for the September 26th release of Wind Blows in Sleeping Grass.
For the first time in his life, Pete has everything to lose.
After years of drifting, fifty-year-old Pete Ryman has settled down with his potbellied pig, Pearl, in the small Montana town of Sleeping Grass–a place he never expected to see again. It’s not the life he dreamed of, but there aren’t many prospects for a high-school dropout like him.
Elderly widow Wilma Jacobsen carries a burden of guilt over her part in events that led to Pete leaving Sleeping Grass decades ago. Now that he’s back, she’s been praying for the chance to make things right, but she never expected God’s answer to leave her flat on her face–literally–and up to her ears in meddling.
When the younger sister Pete was separated from as a child shows up in Sleeping Grass with her eleven-year-old son, Pete is forced to face a past he buried long ago, and Wilma discovers her long-awaited chance at redemption may come at a higher cost than she’s willing to pay.
Congratulations to Sarah E Frazer and B & H Books for the October 17th release of I Didn’t Sign Up for This: How to Rest in God’s Goodness When Your Story Shifts.
This wasn’t part of the plan. The story wasn’t supposed to go this way. I didn’t sign up for this. If you’ve ever had these thoughts, chances are that your story has shifted in some unexpected way. Perhaps it’s even turned totally upside down, and you’re wondering how in the world to move forward.
You’re not alone. As author Sarah Frazer journeys with you through the story of Moses, you’ll find that even a hero of God’s people faced all sorts of confusing and painful plot twists too. Moses didn’t settle in the Promised Land, but He met the Lord of Promise. His legacy reminds us that even with a life crushed with disappointment, God’s plan goes forth, God’s presence provides, God’s promises are personal, and God’s purpose is never thwarted. As you journey through his life in these pages, you’ll discover:
- how life’s plot twists and interruptions are actually the ways God is working
- how God uses the darkest circumstances to proclaim His sovereign goodness
- how to number your days rightly, recognize God’s hand in each branch of your path, and cultivate a heart of wisdom and trust
- how to say goodbye to disillusionment and instead invite God’s plan, presence, promises, and purpose back into your heart
Friend, let God pick you up and show you how to grow through whatever detour, setback, heartache, or disappointment life has thrown at you. Like Moses, you may not have signed up for the path you’re on, but God can—and will—see you through it.
Contracts
Meryl Ashley Cantley Herr signed with InterVarsity Press for the January 2025 release of When Work Hurts.
Carrie Rogers-Whitehead signed with Rowman & Littlefield for the May 2025 release of Technology for Littles: Helping Young Children Navigate the Internet Responsibly.
Israel Del Toro, Jr. signed a Film Option Agreement with Corner Creek Media for his book A Patriot’s Promise.
New Clients
Matthew Burdette, Dr. Shawn Horn, Al Ross, and Meadow Rue Merrill recently signed with WordServe. Welcome!
What We’re Celebrating
The Military Writers Society of America (MWSA) just awarded Disaster on the Spanish Main a silver medal among military histories.
[title] => WordServe September News 2023 [desc] => While many people love fall to watch the leaves change colors, enjoy cooler temperatures and participate in exciting events, fall is also a wonderful time to read a good book. Here are our in new books, authors and news . . . our highlights below include new releases, contracts signed, notable reviews and PR events, …
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New Releases
Congratulations to Jamie Sumner and Atheneum Books for the September 5th release of Maid For It.
From the acclaimed author of Roll with It comes a relatable and deeply moving middle grade novel about a girl who, in a desperate bid to keep her family afloat, takes over her mom’s cleaning jobs after an injury prevents her from working.
Now that Franny and her newly sober mom have moved to a cozy apartment above a laundromat, Franny’s looking forward to a life where her biggest excitement is getting top grades in math class. But when Franny’s mom gets injured in a car accident, their fragile life begins to crumble. There’s no way her mom can keep her job cleaning houses, which means she can’t pay the bills. Franny can’t forget what happened the last time her mom was hurt: the pills that were supposed to help became an addiction, until rehab brought them to Mimi’s laundromat and the support group she hosts.
Franny will not let addiction win again, even if she has to blackmail a school rival to help her clean houses. She’ll make the money and keep her mom sober—there’s no other choice. But what happens if this is one problem she can’t solve on her own?
Congratulations to Leslie Leyland Fields with Paul Willis and IV Press for the September 5th release of A Radiant Birth: Advent Readings for a Bright Season.
The first Christmas sermon preserved in church history was preached by St. John Chrysostom in AD 386, in which he declared, “Behold a new and wonderful mystery!” In this volume, the Christian literary writers of the Chrysostom Society reflect on Advent and Christmastide as a bright and meaningful season of anticipation and glory. Through forty-two readings from the first Sunday of Advent through Epiphany, contributors prepare us in watchful waiting for the coming of Jesus. We enter slowly so that the familiar can astonish us and become wondrous once again.
Jesus is born in Bethlehem. But not only there. He is also born in us, that we might bear his presence and impart his goodness to the world.
Congratulations to Jenn Schultz and Esther Press for September 5th release of She’s Not Your Enemy: Conquering Our Insecurities So We Can Build God’s Kingdom Together.
Find freedom from jealousy and insecurity as you rest in your true worth and identity in God. Complete with reflection questions, journaling space, and accompanying teaching videos, She’s Not Your Enemy helps you move beyond habits of self-protection and create a culture of community.
Sometimes the women in our lives feel like enemies: The colleague who threatens your position at work. The friend who talks behind your back. The woman who seems to have it all together—while you are barely hanging on.
But the real enemy is the one who is trying to defeat you with lies that lead to isolation, insecurity, and division. She’s Not Your Enemy equips us to battle Satan’s deception through the solid truth of God’s Word. Popular blogger and podcast host Jenn Schultz comes alongside us to explore:
How we find true joy when we recognize our unique roles in God’s kingdom
- What we lose when we see other women as competition
- What to do about envy, jealousy, people-pleasing, and perfectionism
- Why we will never be “enough” on our own—and why that’s great news
- How our view of God affects our view of ourselves and others
When we find our worth and identity in God, we can cultivate empathy and compassion for those we have labeled as the enemy—including the woman in the mirror—and live with greater joy.
Congratulations to Carolyn Leiloglou and Waterbrook Publishing for the September 12th release of Beneath the Swirling Sky.
After an experience he’d rather forget, Vincent is determined to be done with art. So when he and his little sister, Lili, spend spring break with their art conservator great-uncle, Vincent’s plan is to stay glued to his phone.
That is, until Lili disappears into one of the world’s most famous paintings and Vincent learns his parents have been hiding something from him: Their family is the last of The Restorationists, a secret society with the power to travel through paintings—and a duty to protect them from evil forces.
With Lili’s safety on the line, leaving art behind is no longer an option. Vincent must team up with his know-it-all second-cousin Georgia, wrestle with why his parents lied to him, and confront both his past and a future he never wanted. Young readers are invited into a captivating universe where paintings become a portal—and adventure and danger lurk beyond every canvas.
Contracts
Meryl Ashley Cantley Herr signed with InterVarsity Press for the January 2025 release of When Work Hurts.
Jennifer Strickland signed with Regnery Publishing for the October 2024 release of I Am A Woman.
Robert Bruce Jameson III signed with Penguin Random House for the November 2024 release of Everything is Never Enough.
Michaela O’Donnell signed with Baker Publishing for the August 2024 release of Life in Flux.
Meryl Ashley Cantley Herr signed with InterVarsity Press for the January 2025 release of When Work Hurts.
What We’re Celebrating
Congratulations Katie Powner! The Wind Blows in Sleeping Grass received Starred Review from Library Journal.
“Powner’s real-life experience as a seasoned foster mother shines through in this tale of finding treasure in the people and things that others have cast aside. Readers will be clamoring for more.”
[title] => WordServe August News 2023 [desc] => While many people love fall to watch the leaves change colors, enjoy cooler temperatures and participate in exciting events, fall is also a wonderful time to read a good book. Here are our in new books, authors and news . . . our highlights below include new releases, contracts signed, notable reviews and PR events, … [link] => https://wordservewatercooler.com/2023/09/05/wordserve-august-news-2023/ [date] => Tue, 05 Sep 2023 17:19:09 +0000 [comments] => ) )