(RNS) Author and speaker Steve Austin had spent years trying to reduce the stigma of mental illness. A survivor of abuse and of a suicide attempt in 2016, he was open about sharing his own struggles.
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On Wednesday, Penguin Random House announced that Rachel Held Evans had begun work on a children’s book that would answer the sort of questions kids have about God. Evans tragically passed in 2019, before she was able to finish the book, but her early drafts were carried to completion by her friend and fellow writer Matthew Paul Turner. Illustrations were added by UK-based artist Ying Hui Tan and now,
What Is God Like? is available for pre-order. The announcement was made via a short Zoom chat with some of Evans’ friends like Jeff Chu, Sarah Bessey, Austin Channing Brown, Jen Hatmaker and Nadia Bolz-Weber. It is, as you might expect, awfully emotional.
For parents of school-aged children, it’s finally sinking in: This will be a long COVID winter. We’re already eleven months into isolation, which feels like the previous winter never really ended. We simply went from bundling up our kids before they played in the yard to slathering them with sunscreen (for the same yard) to bundling up again. And our hearts sink every time they wander back indoors. What to do
next?
In both our families, the answer is always books. Not only does an author reside in each household; in addition, Erin runs an elementary school library, and Sarah helps plan literary conferences. Plus, both of us are preliminary judges for the annual CT Book Awards: Erin in the Children and Youth category, Sarah for Fiction. We unabashedly consider writers to be essential workers.
Library News: Week of Dec. 27, 2020
The Nobles County Library, 407 12th St., Worthington, is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays. The Adrian Branch Library, 214 Maine Ave., Adrian, is open from noon to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and noon to 5 p.m. Friday. 12:00 pm, Dec. 27, 2020 ×
The Nobles County Library, 407 12th St., Worthington, is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays. The Adrian Branch Library, 214 Maine Ave., Adrian, is open from noon to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and noon to 5 p.m. Friday.