MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 27 /Christian Newswire/ – A new book for moms unabashedly tackles the taboo topics of parenting and aims to unite women and change the way mothers look at themselves and each other.

MotherBear: The Raging Mom Within! addresses issues like rebellious kids, feeling judged, facing obsessive insecurities, and the difficult task of entrusting God with one’s children.

Author Heidi Daehlin, a pastor and artistic director of a production company, traveled domestically and abroad and saw the Church was missing environments that nurtured authenticity among mothers or gave a place to talk about their insecurities without being judged. She found competition among women in the Church and often petty and shallow relationships.

“When insecurity within us is not healed in our motherhood, we lose that God-given power and authority He reserves for mothers…we are like the animal mother bear, weary with watching our backs and ‘cubs’ from daily threats and attacks. We are always on the defense.”
– Heidi Daehlin, MotherBear: The Raging Mom Within!

Daehlin says God showed her a vision for women of unity and support, of enacting change, nurture, influence, and might over their surroundings. Women unite when they are healed in their souls so their identity and approval is found in God alone, she says, because when that is true, no threat remains.

“Women shouldn’t be jealous, competitive gossipers, but an army of unified sisters who have each others backs and are raising up history makers,” Daehlin says. “We need each other. We women are sometimes the only form of sister or mother that other women will ever know on this earth.”

She founded Mother Bear Ministries and wrote MotherBear to help build up women into a unified army, supporting each other in order to be “the hand that rocks the cradle and rules the world for Christ,” she says. She is also producing The Insecure MotherBear Manual – a handbook for the insecure issues of motherhood, including the problem of pornography addiction among husbands.

About the Author:
Heidi Daehlin is co-pastor of The Edge Church of God, Lakeville Minn.; artistic director of Transformation Productions, and founder of Mother Bear Ministries. She is married with three cubs of her own, Alissa, 18; Josiah, 8; and Faith, 6. See her promo video online.

New Publishing Model for Authors:

Bethany Press Launches BelieversPress to Give Author’s Faith a Voice

Bloomington, MN – Authors face an enormous challenge; a one in thousands chance of getting their manuscript published by major Christian publishers. Until now, the industry has only offered authors royalty and self-publishing models. Rejected authors are often left to fend for themselves. Some talented authors will give up. Others will try to solo-navigate the shifting currents of self/subsidy publishing and find themselves limited by the one-size-fits-all approach of these services.

BelieversPress, a new venture just launched by Bethany Press, offers multiple publishing tracks for authors where they control the process.

1. Royalty Publishing

In collaboration with ECPA, BelieversPress critiques and edits author proposals prior to posting on the ChristianManuscriptSubmissions.com website enabling agents and publishers to sort and filter for high quality submissions. Each of these proposals features a BelieversPress badge.

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At BelieversPress, professional authors who pursue independent publishing can now access

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Authors interested in submitting to agents and small publishers can receive mentoring, editorial, and proposal evaluation from D.C. Jacobson (Don Jacobson’s group, former President of Multnomah Publishers) and The Writing Spa (Mary DeMuth) at BelieversPress.

BelieversPress counsels authors that if they cannot sell their books via platforms such as speaking, established ministries, or direct to readers through venues such as blogging, the internet, articles, etc. then they should not self-publish.

Agents and publishers can offer their authors a trustworthy team to help them to publish both their out-of-print books and unpublished manuscripts, further building their readership with the ability to sell directly through the author’s website, the BelieversPress E-store, and to the trade through STL Distribution. Or, they can refer authors needing mentoring and further development to trusted professionals who can help them hone their skill and platform before re-submitting.

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Contact: Cliff Warden, 608-385-6803, [http://www.theawakeningbook.net]

Onalaska, Wis., Oct. 19 / Christian Newswire / ‒ Scientists predict that within the next 15-18 years, individuals will be able to choose to biologically select or enhance specific traits in themselves and their offspring. Yet, with such fantastic possibilities come dire ethical questions.

In his new novel, The Awakening, Cliff Warden creatively addresses these complex biotechnology issues through the near-future, science-fiction tale of Art Jenicks, a young man who discovers he has been part of a secret, government genetic-engineering project.

Jenicks is a teen piano virtuoso with a promising future. Orphaned at a young age and with a past shrouded in mystery, Art’s quest uncovers an exiled scientist who holds the secrets to his past and has a plan for his future. Art’s own life hangs in the balance as a battle ensues with the very people who made him a rising star. Welcome to the future of controlled evolution.

Warden’s engaging style and gripping plot allow the reader to see how genetic engineering could play out in real-life situations, bringing many ethical concerns to the fore. “The Awakening” alarms, inspires, and equips the reader with perspective regarding our own enhancement and the engineering of future generations.

“The Awakening” is a must-read for high school and college students, Christian schools, and homeschoolers. The story helps clarify the bioethics issues of what it means to be human.

Warden developed the idea for “The Awakening” when his son asked for help with a high school debate on the ethics of sex selection and genetic engineering. They were surprised that the majority of the class had no ethical concerns with human cloning, embryonic stem-cell research, genetic engineering, nanotechnology and trans-human combinations.

“When I attempted to talk to friends about these issues, I was met with disinterest, complacency, and claims of over-complexity,” Warden says. “It challenged me to find a palatable way to communicate the ethical issues surrounding the advancements in biotechnology.”

“The Awakening” is a wake-up call to Christians of the potential loss of our humanness resulting from unrestrained genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and pharmacology.

To request a media review copy or to schedule an interview with the author, go to http://www.theawakeningbook.net or contact Cliff Warden at 608-385-6803.

About the Author: Cliff Warden is a graduate of Pepperdine University School of Law. He practiced law more than 20 years, including working as an attorney for The Christian Broadcasting Network. He also served several years as a pastor. He is a financial planner living in western Wisconsin. “The Awakening” is his first book.

Etna, California, September 30, (Christian Newswire) –- At a time when many are looking for authenticity and purpose, yet shying away from the Church, author Bob Waymire offers a hopeful new book.

“Shepherds of the Valley: How Love Looks in Shoe Leather” tells the inspiring story of Wendell and Marilyn Seward, whose authentic faith influenced thousands of lives around the world from a humble setting in a valley in the mountains of Northern California.

Whether in the home, the church, the school, or the community, the Sewards were known as champions for many whom society marginalized. For nearly 40 years, they taught in public schools, pastored churches, served separately as mayor, and took into their home more than 100 teenagers and adults, many recovering from addictions.

Pursuing a dream of world missions, the Sewards experienced deep disappointment before God fulfilled their dream in unexpected ways. Though they knew difficulty in their own home and family, through a willingness to serve others, the Sewards etched the love of God on countless hearts.

“Shepherds of the Valley” details dozens of individuals, churches, and communities transformed by this unassuming couple living out the Sermon on the Mount in daily life. Their story is a proclamation that unconditional love, generosity, and hospitality do break down barriers, provide power to live, and transform lives.

Mike Yaconelli, founder of Youth Specialities, once said, “The Sewards have quietly ministered to thousands of people all over the world. Wherever Wendell and Marilyn go, they bring life, energy, hope, and healing.”

And Evangelist Luis Palau observes, “The Lord has used this couple to reach out to hundreds of people all over the western United States. To me their lives have always been a tremendous example of how God can use lives totally given to Him.”

About the Author:

A long-time personal friend of the Sewards, Bob Waymire founded Global Mapping International in 1983 and LIGHT International in 1991 to assist in the strategic and informational aspects of world missions. He has published several research- and strategy-related manuals; and co-authored, “Discovering Your City: Bringing Light to the Task of Community Transformation,” (2000, LIGHT International).

Editor’s Note: Wendell Seward passed away in December 2007, and Marilyn Seward actively continues the couple’s diverse, love-based ministries.