You Can Do It! by Tony Dungy

Publisher: Little Simon Inspiration
ISBN 13: 978-1-4169-5461-3
Price: $16.99 US; $19.99 CAN
Format: Hardback
Pages: 28

Tony Dungy, loving father of four, and head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, who grew up in a home where he was encouraged by his parents to dream big and to have faith in God to bring his dreams to pass, has passed on this vital lesson to children ages 4-7 in his latest book, You Can Do It! In You Can Do It! Dungy encourages children to trust in God and to dream big because God can bring all dreams to pass.

Tony’s little brother, Linden, did not know what his “It” was. In other words, Linden did not know what his passion was, that is what he loved to do and wanted to spend his life doing. Children who are not sure what their “It” is, will be encouraged by these words of wisdom by Linden’s father: “Your It is what you love to do. And it’s something God has given you the talent to do. That’s what makes it so special. Son, sometimes dreams are as big as the ocean or as small as a microbe. With faith and hard work you’ll recognize your It some day. I didn’t realize science was my It when I was your age…”

Parents, after reading this book with your child, even you will be inspired to share how you got your “it” with your son or daughter. Tony Dungy has hit a touchdown with, You Can Do It!

Author’s Spotlight: Sandra Steen

Sandra Steen

Sandra Steen is the Founder and CEO of Sandra Steen & Associates, Inc., an internationally acclaimed speaking, training and consulting firm. Sandra has established a reputation as an expert in the areas of inspiration/motivation, sales/customer service and communication/leadership. She has won many awards for outstanding contributions in corporate America including: Entrepreneurial Spirit Award, Women of Enterprise Award, Texas Woman to Watch, International Firm of the Year, and African American Business Professional Service Award.

Sandra Steen frequently begins her training and motivational messages with this question. Are you ready for breakthrough and change? Inspiration and Personal Growth? How about abundant and joy-filled living? Are you ready for the you that you were created to be?

Then you are ready for Sandra Steen – one of the world’s most prolific and well respected inspirational speakers of the day. Sandra is passionate about life and the joy that it holds.

She believes that each person has a specific purpose that must be cultivated in order to fulfill their destiny. Sandra’s personal wisdom offers a unique and motivating message that is sure to cause the individual to realize their value and significance.

As the Founder and CEO of Sandra Steen & Associates, Inc., an internationally acclaimed speaking, training and consulting firm now entering its 12th year, Sandra is established as a powerful expert in the areas of Inspiration and Motivation, Sales and Customer Service, Communication and Leadership and Diversity in the workplace.

More than 500,000 people have attended her training workshops and keynote presentations on such topics as:

Who Stole My Joy? Finding The Joyous You Mission P.O.S.S.I.B.L.E

Finding Your Place Called There Coaching the Coach Teambuilding & Communication <!– About Sandra Q&A –>

Diversity: The Power of Identity Communication and Leadership

Working with such organizations as Sony, AT&T, SBC, JCPenney, USAA, Sea World, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Proctor & Gamble, Credicard of Brazil, the San Antonio Spurs and many others have established Sandra Steen as a cornerstone in the training and development industry. Whether corporate training, organizational retreats or executive coaching – Sandra has a timely message for you and your team.

Sandra’s personal philosophy says that Corporate America must embrace both the corporate purpose as well as the individual purpose. When organizations choose to impact individual lives, change is not only inspired but also inhabited.

Sandra Steen’s expert presentations are sure to inspire you, challenge you and change your life forever. Her purpose driven messages provide a rare blend of bold energy, incredible enthusiasm and life-changing information.

A vividly compelling look at what robs our joy and what will enhance our joy. Sandra uses Joy as a character who encounters other characters call Joy Robbers and Joy Builders. She concludes the book by introducing us to Joy Protectors to help readers maintain and walk in joy daily. Every chapter offers inspiration for personal growth and empowerment to maintain joy in our daily lives.

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Visit Sandra Steen Online at www.SandraSteen.com.

Seven Essential Relationships: How to Pass God’s Crucial Tests, by Howard Katz

by Howard Katz
Publisher: Believe Books
ISBN: 0-6151582-5-0
Page Count: 151
Price: $15.99
Format: Paperback
www.KatzBrothers.org

God’s ultimate purpose and plan for all of us as believers is for us to be changed and transformed into the image of His Son, Jesus Christ. But, in order for us to become more like Christ, we have to submit ourselves to complete obedience and go through the process toward spiritual maturity. Howard Katz eloquently shows us how to do this Seven Essential Relationships: How to Pass God’s Crucial Tests.

Each believer, Katz says, will be tested in seven essential relationships. “Each relationship builds on the previous ones—they are all interlinked. Since these relationships are progressive in nature, one cannot skip one relationship before moving to the next relationship.”

The seven essential relationships along with their corresponding tests are: (1) our relationship with God’s Word and its corresponding obedience test; (2) Our relationship with the world and its corresponding separation test; (3) our relationship with authority and its corresponding submission test; (4) our relationship in the way in which God deals with us and its corresponding preparation test; (5) our relationship with God’s plan and its corresponding possessive test; (6) our relationship with God Himself and its corresponding priority test; and (7) our relationship with the Glory of God and its corresponding faith test.

What is so beautiful about Seven Essential Relationships is how in an open an humble way, Howard Katz uses candid examples from his own life and from the life of Joseph, to illustrate each of these seven relationships.

Katz also intricately interweaves the seven step process a potter uses in the molding of a piece of clay to form the perfect vessel, to give us further understanding of these seven relationships. He takes us from the removal of the clay from the ground, to the refining/firing process, ending in a beautiful vessel fit for the Master’s use. Seven Essential Relationships is written in simple language, but it is very powerful, and if you let is, it can revolutionize your Christian life and your relationships.

AUTHOR’S SPOTLIGHT: Deborah Slappey Pitts, author of Shadow Living…Paintings of Grief

Deborah Slappey Pitts

Deborah Slappey Pitts is the author of I Feel Okay, a heart-wrenching account of love, loss and inspiration listed in Booking Matters as a national bestseller. In this sequel, Shadow Living…Paintings of Grief, Pitts chronicles her painful journey through despair after her husband succumbs to the silent killer disease, primary amyloidosis. A native of Americus, Georgia, Pitts is a graduate of Georgia Southwestern University in Americus and Albany State University in Albany, Georgia. Pitts travels the country as an inspirational and motivational speaker educating others about the devastating effects of amyloidosis diseases and the psychological and physiological effects of grief. Pitts has two sons, Clyde Daryl and Alex Keith, and resides in Columbus, Georgia, with her second husband, Marshall Pitts.

For more information about Shadow Living…Paintings of Grief, visit Deborah Slappey Pitts’ website at: www.DSlappeyPitts.com.

To book Deborah Slappey Pitts for speaking engagements or book signings, please contact Ella D. Curry of EDC Creations at 202-230-6399 or ella@edc-creations.com.

Shadow Living

Shadow Living: Paintings of Grief
Grief is a universal phenomenon. Possibly every minute, every hour-even every day of the year, someone is grieving the loss of a loved one. It can be the death of a spouse, a daughter, a son, a sister or a brother, even a grandparent, or a friend-no matter what the relationship, no matter how close or how distant, grief rears its ugly head with merciless, menacing pain and with piercing precision. Sooner or later, grief tears through the clutches of time and leaves the griever saddled with the deafening silence of losing a loved one to death.

Now in the enthralling sequel to I Feel Okay, Shadow Living . . . Paintings of Grief, Deborah Slappey Pitts shares her intimate story of pain, depression, and unnerving despair as she reaches through the darkest crevices of her shadowy world of grief, holding onto God’s unchanging hand.

Pitts identifies the perplexing stages of grieving and shares her tale of faith and healing. In this powerful book, you will discover the many stages of the grieving process and how to embrace the light of hope.

Shadow Living . . . Paintings of Grief is a must read-an unforgettable story-one that every person who has lost a loved one should read and cherish.

Buy it today on www.BlackCBC.com.
Online: www.dslappeypitts.com.