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Fun Fridays – April 25, 2025

By Steve Laubeon April 25, 2025
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Today’s video is a stunning rendition of the song “Bridge Over Troubled Water.”

Performed for the National American Choral Directors Association Conference two weeks ago, it features a group of high school singers and an amazing director.

The audience is filled with choral directors who cheer when something extraordinary is heard. The arrangement is sheer genius, and the performance is beyond words, as the two-minute standing ovation attests.

Turn up the volume and let the sound wash over you.

HT: Trissina Kear

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A Month at the Center of History

By Dan Balowon April 24, 2025
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April 1945 might have been the pivotal month in all world history, considering all of the historical events and people who eventually ended up in books, articles, photos, and movies—likely thousands, both from a Judeo-Christian and a secular perspective. Looking day by day, this was April 1945, eighty years ago. April 1 – Easter Sunday. The Battle of Okinawa, Japan began. It was the largest and …

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Category: Historical

What Is the Best Way to Submit My Self-Published Book?

By Steve Laubeon April 21, 2025
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We are asked this question so frequently that I have to re-run this post on a regular basis! Since it has become so easy to self-publish, many authors are creating their own books, both in ebook and print form. Later, those authors are not quite sure what to do if/when they want to approach an agent. Or pitch to an editor at a conference. Should they just send a copy of the book with a letter? Or …

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Category: Book Proposals, Indie, Self-PublishingTag: book proposals, Get Published, Self-Publishing

Gray Saturday

By Steve Laubeon April 19, 2025
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I wrote this many years ago and post it every Easter weekend as a reminder. May it speak to you in some small way. Gray Saturday by Steve Laube Holy weekend is such a study in contrasts. Friday is dark. Somber. Frightening in its hopelessness and pain. I do not like Dark Fridays. The nails bury themselves deep into my soul. They become a singular stake through the heart of this sinner. Piercing. …

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Category: Faith, Personal, TheologyTag: Christian, Faith, Personal, Theology

Dark Friday

By Steve Laubeon April 18, 2025
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I wrote this piece several years ago and thought it appropriate to post every year on Dark Friday. Take Me, Break Me (a prayer) by Steve Laube Take my eyes, Lord. Strike me blind. * * * Then heal me, Lord, That I may see with Your eyes.   Take my hands, Lord. Crush every bone. * * * Then heal me, Lord, That I may touch with Your tenderness.   Take my ears, Lord. Deafen me. * * * Then …

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Category: Personal, TheologyTag: Dark Friday, Theology

The Right Conference for Me?

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon April 16, 2025
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I joke that if I didn’t like my husband, I could arrange to be away at writers conferences 90% of the time. The truth is, Christian publishing blesses industry professionals with many excellent opportunities, including classes, worship, professional speakers, the chance to meet top agents, editors, and writers, along with mentorships and fellowship, to name a few. Each conference is unique and …

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Category: Conferences

Binge Watching versus Binge Reading

By Steve Laubeon April 14, 2025
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A lot of people take advantage of their entertainment streaming services to binge-watch multiple episodes of a particular TV show in one sitting. How long would it take to spend the same amount of time reading … the Bible? A few years ago, Crossway.org published an article titled “You Have More Time for Bible Reading Than You Think.” The results are rather interesting. (The chart …

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Category: Reading

Fun Fridays – April 11, 2025

By Steve Laubeon April 11, 2025
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Some fun with classical music today! Enjoy the virtuosity, once the musicians begin playing, and the shenanigans surrounding it all.

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Every Christian Book Is About Easter

By Dan Balowon April 10, 2025
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As we near Holy Week, I know the assertion that every Christian book is about Easter won’t change anything in publishing. The seasonal best-seller lists, bookseller promotions, online keyword searches, and publishers require marketing hooks to advertise. But let’s face it: All Christian books are really about Easter Sunday morning. Christian books all have a key pivot point of their message in the …

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Category: The Publishing Life, Theology

Mastering Subtext in Fiction, Part 2: Subtext in Dialogue

By Lynette Easonon April 9, 2025
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Let’s dig a little deeper into how subtext in dialogue works and what it looks like. In the previous post, I talked about how people rarely say exactly what they mean—especially when under stress or in a sticky situation—or maybe when the truth would hurt someone’s feelings. We dodge, deflect, soften our words, or hide our true feelings behind sarcasm or politeness. Great fictional dialogue works …

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