Nonfiction Book Report Announces Living in the In-Between Times with Dr. Ralph D. West, Sr.

Nonfiction Book Report Announces Living in the In-Between Times with Dr. Ralph D. West, Sr. Virtual Book Tour

The tour commences on June 17 with stops along various blogs and upcoming interviews.

World Wide Web - June 16, 2013 – How many times have you felt you were living in between the times? Whether it was being pregnant and waiting for the birth of a child or even the effect of the economy collapsing which affected housing, jobs and even marriages? At different times in peoples lives they have been in-between the times and waiting for things to get back on a steady course. Author, Dr. Ralph D. West, Sr., provides hope in his latest release, “Living in the In-Between Times”.

Nonfiction Book Report announces “Living in the In-Between Times” virtual book tour. From June 17^th through June 28th, Author Dr. West will share about his book and the message it conveys for readers. 

In the book, the man in between the times is Samuel. Samuel walks off the pages into the reader's life to discover how God speaks and how a listener can respond. "Living in the In-Between Times" illustrates the significance of decisive commitment to the will of God regardless of circumstances. From 3,000 years ago Samuel speaks across the ages and cultures in a voice that echoes from yesterday but sounds like today.

Tj Whitehead who fully read the Kindle edition states, ""Living in the In-Between Times" is one of the most spirit-filled books ever written. This book discusses the extraordinary life of Samuel and so many other bible greats. With the voice of a teacher and the thoughtful insight of a seasoned minister Dr. Ralph Douglas West, Sr., brings this impeccable book to life. Lead by grace and instruction this book uses biblical stories and present day testimonies. With realistic insight and biblical principles each chapter offers hope. "Living in the In-Between Times" invites the reader to remain saved in the center of adversity, challenge and change. 

The featured stops scheduled to date Dr. West makes are the following:

June 17 Empowered to Prosper http://pauletteharper.blogspot.com 

June 18 The Authors Hideaway  http://lwtheauthorshideaway.blogspot.com/ 

June 18 Authors & Readers Book Corner http://www.arbookcorner.com

June 19 Christian Book Connection

http://cherylschristianbookconnection.blogspot.com/

June 19 All That Buzz Reviews http://allthebuzzreviews.com

June 20 Thought Provoking Perspective

http://thoughtprovokingperspectives.wordpress.com/

June 21 Makasha Dorsey  http://makashadorsey.com/

Nonfictionbookreport.com – Tentative week of June 24

Joey Pinkney.com – Tentative week of June 24

Readers are invited to visit Dr. West site at ralphdouglaswest.org . The book is available via 

Amazon.Com and can be ordered in paperback at  http://www.amazon.com/Living-In-Between-Times-Life-Samuel/dp/1467527947/ref=tmm_pap_title_0  or the e-book at: http://www.amazon.com/Living-In-Between-Times-ebook/dp/B008BI897E/

If you’d like to interview Dr. West, contact admin@nonfictionbookreport.com .

About Dr. Ralph West, Sr. 

Dr. Ralph Douglas West serves as founder and senior pastor of The Church Without Walls (Brookhollow Baptist Church, Houston, Texas). He first preached as a sixteen year old in his native Houston. The church began with 32 members and now embraces 24,000+ families meeting in three locations and conducting six services each Sunday. Dr. West is affectionately known as PAS.

Virtual Book Tour Debut Author K. E. Allen

 About the Book

How does a person move from a place deficient of light?  How can an individual shift from a place of complete and utter chaos, obscurity, apathy, and adversity?  The pathway to transformation is through in-depth conversations with the One True God of Creation–El·ō·hēm'.  For you to move to a place of prophetic providence, your conversation must be divinely inspired.  Hebrews 11:3 states: “The worlds were framed by the Word of God.”  Framing begins with an idea, expands as a result of the imagination, and gives life through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit through divine utterance for a specific purpose.  Declaring the Word of God releases the creative power of God for authentic transformation.
K. E. Allen designed this book to draw you into a deeper conversation with the Father to renew your prayer life, mend your brokenness, enlighten your pathway, and arrange your chaos according to the divine order of God. This resource will help you exercise your kingly and priestly authority and impose kingdom mandates to release God’s original intent in your life, family, community, city, region, and nation.  It will encourage you to frame your prophetic destiny.

About the Author 

 K. E. ALLEN has proven to be an incredible, spiritual force in the Kingdom of God by displaying a God given indomitable spirit to change atmospheres and environments. Through the extraordinary gift of intercession and pure worship, she has become a spiritual weapon in the hand of the Lord whose knowledge is relevant for the church today. She is a dynamic leader, extravagant worshiper and prophetic intercessor whose worship has become a definitive lifestyle that penetrates and permeates every facet of her life and the lives of those she touches.  Karla is a leader to leaders and lives a life of committed consistent intercession, giving selflessly of herself in her prayer closet.  For over 20 years, as a student and teacher of the Word and woman of faith, she implements the truth of the Bible through the dynamics of intercession and worship that releases a tangible anointing.  Knowing firsthand the transformative power of God in her own life, she is determined to see others healed, delivered and set free. Karla will stop at nothing to see God move in the lives of His people!

Order Your Copy

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Conversations-Watchman-Prayers-Prophetic-Destiny/dp/0985448008/ref=sr_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1351250787&sr=1-11&keywords=k.e.+allen

E-book:

www.kindle.amazon.com

http://ebookstore.sony.com/

www.barnesandnoble.com/NOOK

Connect with Karla

Email: customercare@freshreign.com

Website: www. freshreign.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/FreshReignPublishing

Twitter: @ fresh_reign

 AUTHOR INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

Tell us about yourself?

I was born and raised in San Francisco, CA.  I have a strong legacy of women and men of God that have impacted my life.  But, the person who has had the greatest influence on my life is my grandmother, Mary Williams.  She was a strong woman of faith and prayer.  In a denomination where female preachers were not accepted, one could always find her preaching, teaching, and hosting meetings/shut-ins where people would be filled with the Holy Spirit and demons were cast out. In fact, I have her ordination papers that she kept hidden under her bed.  Why do I tell you about my grandmother when you ask about me?  Because if it wasn’t for her courage and strength I would not be who I am.  I watched her life until the day of her passing and as an adult, it is my desire to emulate her life.  As she was a woman of wisdom and grace, so am I.  Who am I?  Inside of me is a strong inheritance of prayer, faith, and a full life in Christ Jesus-all passed down to me by my grandmother, my grandfather, and my parents.

What was the most difficult aspect of writing this book?

By far, the most difficult aspect of writing this book was the editing process.

Did you have to do any special research for this book?

When one writes about principles pertaining to the Bible, there is always extensive research and study involved so as to ensure accuracy.

Why do you write? Is it something you have always done or always wanted to do? Or is it something you started fairly recently?

I write because it is a passion I enjoy.  As far as I can remember, I have always loved to write.  As a young child I wrote fiction stories all the time.  In my teenage years, I wrote poetry and by the time was in college I started writing songs.   So, writing, in some form, has always been a part of my life.

How did you feel when you received the first copy of your book?

It was a surreal moment.  Being able to hold what God had given me in my hands literally overwhelmed me.  My heart was filled with so much gratitude towards God and all the

towards God and all the people that had help my God-given dream become a reality. 

Excerpt

GODLY WISDOM AND DISCRETION

Blessed be the name of the Father forever and ever. You position and remove those in authority. You also give wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those with understanding. You reveal deep and secret things. You know what is in the darkness, and light dwells in You. I thank and praise You because You have given me the wisdom and capacity to understand the desires of Your heart.

Father, I pray for those in authority. I trust that You will give me strategies to solve their problems. I declare, by Your grace, I effectively work with those in authority. I pray that I walk in spiritual discernment at all times. By the gift of discernment, I can separate and distinguish between Your Spirit and other spirits in all circumstances. I thank You that I am well favored. I thank You that You bring me into favor, tender love, compassion, and loving kindness with those in authority, those with whom I work, and those who work for me.

I thank You that I operate in the spirit of wisdom, the spirit of revelation knowledge, the spirit of compassion, and the spirit of discernment that will empower me to walk with influential people in the seven mountains of culture. I thank You that I am apt in wisdom and competent to stand before all authority in the ability that I have in Christ Jesus.

I seal this prayer in the name of Jesus the Christ. Amen.

 


people that had help my God-given dream become a reality.

Featuring Author Julie Cosgrove

Welcome Julie to the Spotlight

 About the Author

At thirteen, Julie dedicated her life to Christ.  As a religion major at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, she received the American Bible Society’s Religion Major of the Year Award. She then studied for three semesters in seminary. She is a member of Advanced Writers & Speakers Association, American Christian Fiction Writers, North Texas Christian Writers, American Christian Fiction Writers, DiAnn Mill’s Ripplers Group, The Christians Writers Group, and Christian Writers Fellowship International. A freelance writer and speaker, Julie has published hundreds of web content and articles with secular and Christian themes, led retreats, workshops, and Bible studies, and writes regularly for several Christian websites and publications. In the past three years alone, she has been published in Devozine and Alive Now Magazines published by the Upper Room, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Find Your Happiness to be released October 2011, Good News Daily, The Secret Place, Light from the Word, and has been commissioned to write a month long commentary on Philippians and Colossians for The Journey.

How did you become a Christian writer? When my husband was alive, we moved a lot for his job - so much that I soon became unemployable. We relocated to seven cities during the last ten years of his life. In one week, three people in three states suggested I try writing for a living. I figured that was a God thing because He always has to tell me more than once. I took a quick online freelance course, joined a writers' group, and began to submit articles. Within a few weeks I had contracts. So, I promised God I would tithe my writing day each morning to Him first. He has honored that. I write regularly for two Christian women's websites and have been published in the past three years in two Upper Room magazines, Chicken Soup for the Soul, The Secret Place, Good News Daily and The Journey, amongst others. I am also eking out a living as a freelance writer, author and public speaker even though I am now widowed.

What is your passion? Speaking to Christian women - leading workshops and retreats. All four of my non-fiction books came out of retreats I led. They are -

P.R.A.Y.I.N.G:Bringing Power and Purpose to Your Prayers in which I show how each letter is a form of prayer.

What Can She Tell Us?- A Bible study on the unnamed women in the New Testament.

Song Notes- a collection of devotionals on the Psalms.

Between the Window and the Door, a study which looks at why God places us in the in-between times through both life experiences and Biblical examples.

What is your fiction novel called? Focused. It was released earlier this year.

What is it about? Jen is in middle age maliase. Her parents have passed, her son has flown nest, and her husband, Jeff, is often absent, even when he is in his beloved recliner. Will her new trifocals help her focus on her faith and her fidelity once her newly divorced high school beau resurfaces in her life?

What do you hope this book accomplishes? I read a statistic that claimed if a marriage survives the first seven years, 80% of divorces will occur within a year after the death of a parent or the children leaving home. I wanted to address this, but in a fiction format so people could follow both Jeff and Christina's story. I hope readers will begin to see why a marriage gone stale is worth fighting for. Even if you have a good marriage or are not currently married, it will make you smile, and perhaps cry a bit. It is a heart warming, and at times an honest and humorous, look at real people in real life. So far, the women, and a few men, who have read it says it is a very good, realistic read without being preachy. 

Any tips for upcoming authors? No pun intended, but stay focused on what God is calling you to write. Also, be patient in His timing and definition of what will be your success. 

Continue to grow in your craft by graciously accepting positive critiques from authors who have been published as well as attending conferences, workshops, and becoming an active member in mentoring groups either online or over someone's dining room table. 

If you feel this is your passion and God's calling, do not give up. In the course of writing over the past four years, I lost my husband and lost the use of my right hand. Praise God, through surgery, I can now type with three fingers on that hand again, though often my letters get jumbled up because I cannot feel the keys. 

How can readers contact you? Go to my website www.juliebcosgrove.com. There is a contact tab to click on which takes you to a form you can fill in. Also, they can make comments on my blog - Where Did You Find God Today? and follow me on either Twiter@JulieBCosgrove or through Goodreads.

Book Giveaway

I will offer a giveaway, today. The winner will receive in the mail a softcover copy of Focused free of charge AND a coupon for 15% off plus free shipping and handling on their choice of one of my nonfiction books if ordered through me. To be eligible, you must leave a comment with your email address on this blog, or on mine over the next three days. The winner will be chosen at random.