FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - November 2005
Contacts:
Nehemiah Press
Sabra Robinson
P.O Box 620324
Charlotte, NC 28262
Phone: 704.724.6126
E-mail: Publisher@Nehemiahpress.com
"The Lost Sheep" Finds New Home In New
Down-To-The-Bone Inspirational Anthology
"The Lost Sheep" series offers hope and faith from God's Restoration
CHARLOTTE, NC-- Have you made a personal commitment to Jesus Christ that's still important in your life today? Are you confident you'll go to Heaven when you die because you've confessed your sins and accepted Jesus Christ as your savior? According to Barna Research Studies (a Christian research firm), if you answered "yes" to both questions, you are "born again."
Barna's research has also uncovered a startling truth: In the last decade there has only been a 4 percent increase in the number of born-again Christians in the United States--rising from a low 34 percent in 1994 to a weak improvement of 38 percent in 2005.
Sabra A. Robinson is determined to increase that number through her new inspirational anthology, "The Lost Sheep: How I Got (And Am Still Getting) Over the Hump: Personal Accounts of God's Restoration After Doubting His Purpose, the Church, and Human Existence." In fact, Robinson is excited to announce the selected contributors--who vary from church workers to established writers--to this new anthology. These real people share their "down-to-the-bones" true stories through testimonials, journal entries, scripture, poems and illustrations in this first in a volume of inspirational works.
Thanks to Robinson's internet campaign for submissions, this first volume features stories from as far away as Africa. Readers will be inspired by Malvis Sannah, who gives her account of surviving genocide and civil unrest in her native country of Sierra Leone. Men will identify with Carl Neely, who touches on restoration from a male point of view. And readers will be encouraged by Katherine Waddell, who details her dreaded encounter with a serial killer.
"I want others to know that they are not the only ones going through something and there is hope," said Robinson. "Although [God] is our restorer, reading and knowing others have been restored by Him provides a sense of security in knowing that He is with us always."
The second volume in "The Lost Sheep" book series will be released in late 2006 (pending sufficient contributors).
Contributors include:
v Carl Neely, Author & Speaker, Charlotte, NC
v Gail Hayes, Ph. D., Author and Speaker, Durham, NC
v Malvis Sannah, Sierra Leone, Africa, Church worker
v Pastor Juan and First Lady J. Nicole Goodson, Restoration Ministries COGIC, Charlotte, NC
v Sabrina J. Hargrove, Inspirational Poet, TROOTH Ministries, Forest City, NC
v Minister Wanda M.R. Garrett, Christian Poet & Author, Concord, NC
v Deberrah Williams, L.H.D, Author and Poetess, Charlotte, NC
v Dawn Wildman, Praise and Worship Team member, Charlotte, NC
v Steven Manchester, Actor, Screenwriter, Author, Westport, MA
v Cassandra Clemons, Teacher, Baltimore, Maryland
v Tanya Bates, Author, Lansing, Michigan
v Barbara Anson, Author and Speaker, Chandler, Arizona
v Erica Hamilton, Praise & Worship Team member, Charlotte, NC
v Prophetess Jay Mangum, Author, Raleigh, NC
v Katherine Waddell, Church worker, Charlotte, NC
Author Bio:
Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, Sabra Robinson is an aspiring writer of children's literature and Christian non fiction and presently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina with her family.
Sabra is a three-year (and counting) Junior Achievement volunteer for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system with several years experience working in the children's ministry and currently is a youth leader with the H.Y.P.E Youth Ministry in Charlotte, North Carolina.
In addition to writing her first multicultural children's picture book, Micky, Ticky, Boo! Says Hello, her vision to animate her characters for film and television allowed her to become recognized as a Finalist out of over three hundred applicants for the ABC/Disney New Talent Development program for 2003.
This multi-talented literary entrepreneur is also the founder of a one- of a kind writers forum and website for writers and illustrators of color: The African-American Children's Writers and Illustrators (AACBWI) and can be viewed at www.aacbwi.com. This versatile writer is also the founding editor of the inspirational anthology, The Lost Sheep: How I Got And Am Still Getting Over the Hump, an annual inspirational anthology which features true stories of God's restoration.
Sabra is also a member of the following professional organizations: Society of Children's Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), The Christian Writers Fellowship International (CWFI), The African American Children's Writers and Illustrators, The Atlanta Urban Mediamakers Association, The Charlotte African American Writers Group and is soon to form a Christian ministry, The Lost Sheep Ministries, geared toward restoring the souls of God's "lost sheep" by way of biblical, literary and testimonial methodologies.
She anticipates writing for all age groups and is also working towards featuring her children's book characters on film.
ISBN: 1-4116-3727-5
195 pages, 6.0 x 9.0 in., Perfect-bound
Printed copy: $13.99 Publisher: Nehemiah Press Printer: LuLu Press
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