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DOWNLOAD AND PRINT THIS FOR YOUR FREE ENTRANCE TO THE MIBF!
Once again it is time for the Manila International Bookfair!!! OMF Lit Bookshop, the premiere Christian bookshop in the country is giving away free tickets to the book fair. All you have to do is download the image above and print it. Bring it with your to the book fair and use for your free ticket. If you visit any of the OMF Lit Book Shops around the city, they are also giving these away.
There’s more! If you print and bring this postcard below to the booth, you can avail of 30% discounts on the books featured on the postcard:
Aside from the above, get more discounts as follows:
20% off on ALL OMF Lit local, republished and imported titles
10% additional discount when you flash your Kaibigan or Pastors’ Exclusives card at the OMF Lit booths at MIBF
Outrageous discounts on our sale piles!
We’ll also give a taste of the MIBF to our friends outside Manila! During the duration of the MIBF, all our Bookshops in Pampanga, Cebu, Davao, Cagayan de Oro and Gen San City will also be on sale with all titles at 20% off!
Events and Activities!!!
Storytelling activities for kids on September 14-16
Live broadcast of The Edge Radio on September 16
Words and Music (mini-concert and book excerpt reading) on September 17
Pinoy Christian Bloggers meet-up (date TBA)
Authors meet and greet
Joyce Piap Go – September 14
Francie Castaneda-Lacanilao – September 14
Grace Chong – September 14
Hiram Pangilinan – September 16
Gicky Soriano – September 16
Ronald Molmisa – September 17
So drop by the OMF Lit booth at Aisle D and enjoy all these exciting discounts, books and activities. Join us at the Manila International Book Fair on September 14-18, 2011, 10AM-8PM at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex
Would you like to win a free book from OMF Lit? Check out how you can win here.
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Would you like to win a new book from OMF Literature Bookshop? If so, here’s how to join this giveaway:
Don’t forget to leave me a comment on the comment section!
The winner will pick up the book from the OMF Lit Booth at the Manila International Book Fair.
For details and free tickets, please click here.
NEW BOOKS!!!
Great new titles from our homegrown writers
- Hula, Multo, Faith Healing Atbp by Pastor Hiram Pangilinan explains the different occult practices in the Philippines and how people can break free from them
- Meaningful Evangelism by Andy Smith talks about strategies for evangelism through relational principles
- Paano Maging Joyfully Single by Harold Sala, a Taglish translation of Joyfully Single
- Pass or Fail by Ronald Molmisa, a practical and relevant book that teaches young people how to be the best student ever (in Taglish format)
- Solo Flight by Grace Chong and Francie Castaneda-Lacanilao, a guide to single women and how they can make the most of their lives
- The Last Man Dancing: The Nestor de Villa Story by Gicky Soriano, a biography of Mr. De Villa and his faith journey, written by his son
Exciting new books from Hiyas, OMF Lit’s inprint for children
- Oh Mateo 14: Tree for All by Grace Chong which teaches kids good stewardship and taking care of the environment
- The Great Crocodile and Duck Race by Robert Magnuson which teaches kids to get along while at play
- Bee Safe by Joyce Piap Go, a practical and informative book that teaches kids how to be safe in their environment
- My Very First Bible (smaller edition)
Something for everyone in our new republished titles
- Dopple Ganger Chronicles Vol 2: The Secret of Indigo Moon by G.P Taylor, a graphic novella featuring more adventures from twins Sadie and Saskia and their friend Eric
- Cupidity by Hayley and Michael DiMarco talks about 50 stupid things people do for love and how you can avoid them
- Making Room for Leadership by MaryKate Morse, a practical study on the gift of power of servant-leadership
- Relationship Principles of Jesus by Tom Holladay, a forty-day journey that will bring new health and richness to marriages, families, friendships, and all the relationships in our lives
- The Good and Beautiful Life and The Good and Beautiful Community by James Bryan Smith, the 2nd and 3rd books in The Apprentice series which shows the narratives that Jesus lived by
- Things I Wish I’d Known Before We Got Married by Gary Chapman, apractical little book, packed with wisdom and tips that will help many develop the loving, supportive and mutually beneficial marriage men and women long for
- Think by John Piper brings together the life of the mind and the love of God
- What Women Don’t Know (and Men Don’t Tell You) by Michelle McKinney Hammond and Joel A. Brooks Jr features the unspoken rules of finding lasting love
- Workplace Grace by William Carr Peel and Walt Larrimore which deals with becoming a spiritual influence at work
To get your free ticket to the 32nd Manila International Book Fair, click here.
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About Playing Hurt:
A marriage book that husbands will actually want to read!
Everyone admires people who play hurt, from the superstar athlete to the journeyman player who finishes the game even when hurt, sick, or falling apart. Everyone looks up to these athletes and wants to mimic their “never give up” attitude. Except when it comes to marriage. Most husbands are willing to take a bullet for their wives in a life-and-death situation; but when his bride fires the bullet–hurls an insult, disrespects him in public, ignores his foreplay in private–he’d rather throw in the towel than play through the pain.
Playing Hurt
is a biblical playbook for marriage that speaks in the language most men understand—the language of sports. Using a sports analogy to explain the motivation, means, and methods of playing hurt, author Brian Goins shows men how to overcome the temptation to stay on the bench. Playing Hurt is more about inspiration than instruction. It’s about finding the motivation to stay in the game, despite the pain. It’s about becoming like the One who knew more about nails and thorns than any superstar athlete. Using Ephesians 5 as a biblical basis, this book will call husbands to be the heroes they long to be–men who play hurt in order to win at marriage.
MY REVIEW:
Playing Hurt is a book geared for men, not only husbands but also those who plan to marry in the future. As such, it’s a good thing that this book is thin enough for those men who don’t find it a joy to read such as my husband. As much as I wanted my husband to read this, I was only able to get him to read a few pages of it. With that, he was able to say that he believes that it is a good book and that he is willing to read it in the future.
As I read through it, at first I found it hard to understand because Brian Goins is addressing men. Apart from that, he used sports people as a pattern for playing hurt and I’m not a big fan of sports. However, as I got to the part when he explained that Jesus Christ should be a man’s model for loving his wife, that’s where I started to appreciate the book.
Goins helps men to see how important it is to keep their eyes on Jesus as they deal with hurts in their marriages. He encourages them to keep on and play hurt until they reach victory in their marriages. He tells men to stay and work through their problems with their wives and not to take the easy way out. He affirms that even if they may never get the same glory as their favorite athletes, they can be heroes to their wives, too.
I really appreciate that this book was written. It is a message that men need to hear when divorce and separation is the immediate answer to difficulties in marriages. This is not only for those undergoing trials but for those who are just trying to work out their marriages and hoping that they stay married as long as they live. This book actually helped to open my eyes and appreciate how my husband is persevering through our trials. I will suggest to my husband that he read this book together with his men’s fellowship.
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About the Brian Goins:
Brian Goins is the author or editor of numerous study guides, workbooks, and Bible studies that he has developed for Insight for Living (Chuck Swindoll) and Walk Through the Bible. When he’s not traveling across the country as a Family Life Weekend to Remember speaker, he and his family reside in North Carolina.
GIVEAWAY!
Kregel Publications is sponsoring a $50 Amazon.com giveaway open to both you, my blog readers.
About the Giveaway!
To enter all you have to do is send a tweet (using @litfuse) about Playing Hurt or share about it on Facebook!
If you tweet we’ll capture your entry when you use @litfuse. If you share it on Facebook or your blog, just email us and let us know (
info@litfusegroup.com). Easy.
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TWEET THIS: Playing Hurt by Brian Goins-coaches men to win the 1 game that truly matters–marriage!
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Disclosure: I received a free copy of this book from Litfuse Publicity in exchange for this review.
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Blue Skies Tomorrow by Sarah Sundin
is a beautiful love story set in the midst of the second World War. It is a story of hope, courage, trusting in God and overcoming severe trials.
The story centers around Lt. Raymond Novak, a preacher and pilot whose job is to train B-17 pilots before they go and fight in the war, and Helen Carlisle – a beautiful and young war widow and mother of a four year old boy. While Ray has been training young men to fight in the war, he himself has never gone off in a real battle. This posed a real challenge for him in light of his two brothers who are already off fighting in the war. Helen hides a painful past from everybody and pretends to be a grieving widow. Their love grows as Helen continues to struggle between pretending to be a grieving widow and a woman happy to have found a new love. To ease his pain at being perceived as weak, Ray decides to fly a combat mission. This thrusts their new and blooming love into a river of doubt and halts their budding romance. Both will continue to struggle and face even bigger challenges that place their lives at risk, but God’s love and grace will shine through their lives as they finally meet their struggles head on.
MY THOUGHTS:
At first, I wasn’t excited to read this book because I don’t like experiencing the pain and grief of people in war. I don’t particularly like any movie or story about the war because it just leaves me in raw pain and grief. This book was different, however, because the focus was on the love story between Ray and Helen and God’s love for His people. It is an inspiring novel of hope and courage despite very hard trials. Sarah Sundin writes beautifully, transporting the reader to that period with realistic descriptions of events and places.
Disclosure: I received a free copy of this book through Litfuse Publicity in exchange for this review.
About the book:
Kindle Giveaway!
To celebrate the release of Blue Skies Tomorrow
, the final installment of the Wings of Glory series, Sarah is giving one lucky winner A Vintage Kindle Prize Package!
Read what the reviewers are saying here.
One winner will receive:
* Kindle with Wi-Fi
* Handmade vintage apron for you and a friend (see a photo here)
* Blue Skies Tomorrow (for Kindle)
To enter just click one of the icons below. But, hurry, giveaway ends on 9/10. Winner will be announced on 9/12 at
Sarah Sundin’s blog. Details and official rules can be found when entering the contest.
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Amish Values for Your Family
by Suzanne Woods Fisher contains short and true stories of Amish family life. It includes topics about family, marriage, relationships and hard work. It shows how Amish families value God, forgiveness, obedience among many other things that they value.
My Review:
I can tell by the way Suzanne Woods Fisher has written the book how much she loves her Amish background. It is beautifully written with stories that show what the Amish value in their lives. It is so encouraging and Bible-based that you know you can also apply it to your own family even if you are not Amish. The stories touched me especially those about forgiveness. Forgiveness is one of those things that’s very hard for me to do and I realized this when I read this book. So I decided that I will try and be more forgiving in my life.
It also made me appreciate their simple way of living. In reading
Amish Values for Your Family, I wonder now if we can also live simply and forego all those worldly trappings that we seem so attracted to. One of the things that I would like to apply to our family is to hedge our day with daily Bible reading – to read a passage of the Bible in the morning and in the evening. Though we read our Bibles, we don’t do it in a disciplined manner. I’d like to try and apply this to our family believing that this will not only give more structure to our daily life, but more importantly, it will give the message to our children that it is important that we go to God daily.
Read the reviews here.
About the book:
It offers loving ways to bring your fractured home back to life-Amish style. Read it and apply generously! It’s a beautiful book-funny, charming, soulful, and beautiful.”-Mary-Ann Kirkby, author of I Am Hutterite
For readers who long for strong families that know how to truly enjoy life together, there is much to learn from the Amish. Values like community, forgiveness, simple living, obedience, and more can be your family legacy–without selling your car, changing your wardrobe, or moving out to farm country.
In Amish Values for Your Family, bestselling author Suzanne Woods Fisher shows how you can adopt the wisdom of the Amish when it comes to family matters. In this inspiring and practical book readers will find charming true stories interlaced with solid, biblical advice about parenting, marriage, and all aspects of family life. As readers get an intimate glimpse into the everyday lives of real Amish families, they will learn to prioritize what’s truly important, simplify decision-making, slow down as a family, safeguard time together, and let go when the time comes.
Her interest in the Amish began with her grandfather, W.D. Benedict, who was raised Plain. She has many, many Plain relatives living in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and travels back to Pennsylvania, as well as to Ohio, a couple of times each year for research.
Suzanne has a great admiration for the Plain people and believes they provide wonderful examples to the world. In both her fiction and non-fiction books, she has an underlying theme: You don’t have to “go Amish” to incorporate many of their principles–simplicity, living with less, appreciating nature, forgiving others more readily– into your life.
When Suzanne isn’t writing or bragging to her friends about her first new grandbaby (!), she is raising puppies for Guide Dogs for the Blind. To Suzanne’s way of thinking, you just can’t take life too seriously when a puppy is tearing through your house with someone’s underwear in its mouth.
Suzanne Woods Fisher is thrilled to announce the release of
Amish Values for Your Family
, her latest non-fiction release. ”It offers loving ways to bring your fractured home back to life-Amish style. Read it and apply generously! It’s a beautiful book-funny, charming, soulful, and beautiful.” -Mary Ann Kirkby
To celebrate the release of
Amish Values for Your Family, Suzanne has teamed up her publisher Revell Books to giveaway a Kindle, and with
Bill Coleman (the amazing photographer used on Suzanne’s book covers) to give away a signed Bill Coleman original.
One Grand Prize winner will receive an Amish Values Prize Package (valued at over $200) and includes:
* A brand new KINDLE
* A Signed Bill Coleman original
* Amish Values for Your Family (for KINDLE)
Click on one of the icons to enter. Winner will be announced on 9/2 at Suzanne’s blog. Be sure to stop by the blogs on Suzanne’s blog tour – many have copies of Amish Values for Your Family to give away.
But, wait there’s more! Suzanne is running a Bill Coleman caption contest during the month of August on her blog. Title one of Bill’s gorgeous photos for a chance to win a print from Bill’s Amish Photo site and/or a copy of Amish Values for Your Family.
Disclosure: I received a free copy of this book from Litfuse Publicity in exchange for this review.
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*Please read to the end of this post to find out how to
get this book for free!*
Young and In Love 
by Ted Cunningham respects young love and tell us not to discourage young couples to marry early. He gives several reasons why marrying young is also right in God’s eyes. He also gives us the reasons why people discourage others from marrying young.
I read this book with some doubts because initially I thought he was espousing marriage among the really young, like teenagers. As I continued to read the book, I am relieved to find out that it is not teenagers he is referring to, but to the twentysomethings that are not getting married for one reason or another.
I especially appreciated what he said about the blessing of grandparents to grandchildren. Since I did not grow up with grandparents, I enjoy watching the relationship my children have with my parents. It became clear to me that if I will also encourage my own children to wait to marry when they are older, I may also not enjoy becoming a grandmother for long.
Ted Cunningham is a romantic – I can tell just be reading the book. But he does not say to marry because of romance. His goal is for people to respect the sanctity of marriage. He said a lot of things in the book that opened my eyes. I can’t say that I fully agree with all he said, but it did make me consider many things especially in teaching my own children about love and marriage.
Disclosure: I received a free copy of this book through B&B Media in exchange for this review.
GIVEAWAY!!!
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To celebrate the release of their new book, Josh McDowell and Bob Hostetler have teamed up with their publisher,Thomas Nelson, to give away a brand new KINDLE!
Don’t Check Your Brains At the Door
answers many of the faith-related questions Christian youth face. It challenges young readers to test gospel truths found in the Bible so they can learn to give an answer for their faith as they mature into thinking adults. A great resource for teens and college-age. Read the reviews here.
One “brainy” winner will receive a Kindle prize package worth over $150.00:
- A Brand New KINDLE with Wi-Fi and Pearl Ink Screen
-
Don’t Check Your Brains At the Door by Josh McDowell & Bob Hostetler (for KINDLE)
A perfect back-to-school prize package! To enter just click one of the icons below. Hurry! The giveaway ends August 18th. Winner will be announced on the evening of the 18th during the Don’t Check Your Brains At the Door Facebook Party! The authors will be chatting with guests, answering questions on “knowing what you believe and why” (it’s okay if you haven’t read the book – who knows, you might WIN a copy!), testing your trivia skills, and giving away tons of great stuff! (Gift certificates, books, and more!)
Bring your friends and join the fun on August 18th at 5:00 PM PST (6 PM MDT, 7 PM CDT, & 8 PM EDT).
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Here is the winner of my Pen Pal Kids Club Giveaway that I ran last July 12 in this post.
Tina S. Rodriguez
Congratulations Tina! You won a free 3 month trial use of Pen Pal Kids Club. Enjoy!
A big thank you to all who joined the giveaway!
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I remember when I was still a young kid, about elementary age, one of my classmates had us sign a form to apply for pen pals from different countries. Not long after, I received a letter from a boy same age as me, asking to be my pen pal. He was from a European country, I can’t remember which exactly. We exchanged a few letters. Of course, I had to get my mom to mail the letters for me. It was fun getting to know another kid, I learned some things about his life and his country. I also learned the art of writing letters.
There are times when I reminisce about my childhood and remember the fun of having a pen pal. I wish my children can experience it, too. I know now how writing letters to a friend far away can enrich a child’s life. I just didn’t know how to find pen pals for them so I’ve had to set that aside.
Now, I’m happy to share with you that there is such a service available to our children. My children and I have the opportunity to try out
The Pen Pal Kids Club. My child and I have tried this out together and I am happy to say that it is a site that our children will enjoy. Not only will they meet other children and stay safe online, they will also learn about other countries. You can try this for yourselves, just click on
Pen Pal Kids Club.
Try a FREE (for the month of July) membership for up to 5 people per household TODAY! After July, it is only $4.99 a month, with no long-term agreement!
Continue reading to the end of this post to find out how you can win a three-month membership to the Pen Pal Kids Club.
About The Pen Pal Kids Club (from the website)
Your kids just got out of school and they want to be on the computer? Now, there’s a great site to join that both you and your kids will love! Pen pals are just a click away — Pen Pal Kids Club is a safe online environment where kids can make global friendships that can last a life time!
Pen Pal Kids Club is the world’s only safe, translated, global social network for children. Pen Pal Kids Club is an edu-tainment website where kids can freely SHARE, EXPLORE & PLAY with other kids around the world. ‘”I have always believed that if kids had the opportunity to experience one another on a ‘global playground,’ learned prejudices would be virtually non-existent,” says Pen Pal Kids Club Creator and Co-Founder Shelley A. Aliotti. “Here is that opportunity,” she adds.
Many of today’s parents grew up with pen pals — friends from other parts of the world with whom they exchanged letters. Pen Pal Kids Club fosters these nostalgic relationships and takes it to a new level, thanks to the automated and filtered safe translations in 7 key languages – English, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, French, Italian and German!
Pen Pal Kids Club‘s interactive games entertain, as well as teach about other countries and cultures. On the site, kids will establish their likes, interests and country locations all within the safety of an avatar, which protects their personal identities.
Within the Pen Pal Kids Club site, high quality, fresh, relevant information is provided through an exclusive partnership with Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. for Kids. This database is the world’s leading online encyclopedia, collecting and offering data since 1768. This partnership delivers age-appropriate and accurate text, graphs and videos 24/7 to every child, without any links to take them off the Pen Pal Kids Club protected site.
“Through the latest in technology and around-the-clock monitoring by administrators, Pen Pal Kids Club ensures that no inappropriate activities are taking place…guaranteed.” Aliotti also adds, “We believe it is up to the parents to have full control of his or her child’s activities with their personal Parent Controls within the site. This control allows a child to only share as much information and content as his or her parent is comfortable with.”
Try a FREE (for the month of July) membership for up to 5 people per household TODAY! After July, it is only $4.99 a month, with no long-term agreement!
GIVEAWAY!
Win three months free trial to the Pen Pal Kids Club! Simply follow the mechanics below.
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About Sibella: Sibella Giorello grew up in Alaska and majored in geology at Mount Holyoke College. After riding a motorcycle across the country, she worked as a features writer for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Her stories have won state and national awards, including two nominations for the Pulitzer Prize. She now lives in Washington state with her husband and sons. Find out more about Sibella and her other books at her website.http://www.sibellagiorello.com
About The Mountains Bow Down: Everything’s going to work out. Time away always makes things better . . ..
That’s what FBI Special Agent Raleigh Harmon believes as she boards a cruise to Alaska. A land of mountains and gems and minerals, The Last Frontier is a dream destination for this forensic geologist who’s hoping to leave behind a hectic work schedule and an engagement drained of romance.
But when a passenger goes missing and winds up dead, Raleigh’s vacation suddenly gets lost at sea. The ship’s security chief tries to rule the death a suicide, but Raleigh’s forensics background points to a much darker conclusion: Somewhere onboard, a ruthless murderer walks free.
Engulfed by one of her toughest cases yet, Raleigh requests assistance from the FBI and receives her nemesis-perpetual ladies man Special Agent Jack Stephanson. As the cruise ship sails through the Inside Passage, Raleigh has five days to solve a high-profile murder, provide consultation for a movie filming onboard, and figure out her increasingly complicated feelings for Jack-who might not be such a jerk after all.
And that’s only her work life. Family offers even more challenges. Joined on the cruise by her mother and aunt, Raleigh watches helplessly as disturbing rifts splinter her family.
Like the scenery that surrounds the cruise ship, Raleigh discovers a situation so steep and so complex that even the mountains might bow down
Sibella’s celebrating the release of The Mountains Bow Down with a blog tour, a Cruise prize pack worth over $500 and a Facebook Party! Don’t miss a minute of the fun.
One Grand Prize winner will receive:
- A $500 gift certificate toward the cruise of their choice from Vacations To Go.
- The entire set of the Raleigh Harmon series.
To enter click one of the icons below. Then tell your friends. And enter soon – the giveaway ends on 4/1! The winner will be announced at Sibella’s Raleigh Harmon Book Club Party on FB April 5th, 2011! Don’t miss the fun – prizes, books and gab!
About the Facebook Party: Join Sibella and fans of the Raleigh Harmon series on April 5th at 5:00 pm PST (6 MST, 7 CST & 8 EST) for a
Facebook Book Club Party. Sibella will be giving away some fun prizes, testing your trivia skills and hosting a book chat about the Raleigh Harmon books. Have questions you’d like to chat about – leave them on the
Event page.
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