PRH Christian Publishing Group Forms New ImprintAlign Insight “will be a home for Christian authors and experts writing to a broad, general-market readership” on a range of topics, according to the PRHC announcement, which also named Madison Trammel (pictured) as the imprint’s editorial director. Its first title is planned for December 2026.
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Highlighting Spirited VoicesMind-body-spirit authors are bringing personality to their pages. Among forthcoming books are a memoir by a musician-actor who senses spirits, a money-wise minister’s meditations, and advice from a traveling astrocartographer.
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Holding the Holy in Your HandsHumble items from skillets to shoes to garden shears can still carry sacred stories, says Rev. Laurie Brock in her book
Souvenirs of the Holy: Encountering God Through Everyday Objects.
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Baker Publishing Group Acquires Lexham PressThe Christian publisher’s acquisition of Logos’s in-house publishing division deepens the partnership between the two companies, expanding upon Baker’s portfolio of academic and Christian content, per an announcement.
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David C Cook Rebrands as Cook Media GlobalCEO Bill Reeves announced September 19 that book publisher David C Cook, Integrity Music, and Group Publishing, which produces Vacation Bible School materials, will continue to be the cornerstones of Cook Media Global.
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‘The Soul Delusion’ by David P. BarashThe concept of the soul is a “crackpot” idea ripe for debunking, according to this strident treatise from University of Washington psychology professor Barash. While the author builds a robust scientific case, he too casually dismisses religious notions of the soul. The result is an ultimately incomplete rebuttal of a foundational spiritual concept.
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‘Freely Sober: Rethinking Alcohol Through the Lens of Faith’ by Ericka AndersenJournalist Andersen issues an openhearted invitation for Christian women to reconsider their relationship with drinking. Her approach wisely utilizes faith as a recovery tool without positioning it as a cure-all (“There is no formula, Bible verse, meeting, hour of prayer, or strength of faith that will perfectly pave your way to peace with alcohol”). Women of faith will be empowered.
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‘My Son, the Priest: A Mother’s Crisis of Faith’ by Kristin Grady GilgerJournalist Gilger recounts in her candid memoir how her son’s Jesuit ordination shaped her belief. Patrick decided in college to join the Jesuit order—a surprise for the author, a self-professed skeptic who’d grown up Catholic but raised her son mostly in the Episcopal church. Her eventual return to Catholicism, she writes, was a recognition of its value despite its flaws. This will strike a chord with Catholics who have questioned their own faith.
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(from l.) Illustrator Cheryl Thuesday, author Jacqui Lewis, and author Shannon Daley-Harris celebrate the launch of The Just Love Story Bible at Middle Church in New York City on September 7.
Photo: Beaming Books and Patrick Mulcahy