<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950320601063176060</id><updated>2011-07-07T22:04:31.363-07:00</updated><category term='Resurrection'/><category term='book reviews'/><category term='andre butler'/><category term='Bob Bennett'/><category term='law'/><category term='grace'/><category term='success'/><category term='prosperity'/><category term='christian'/><category term='forgiveness'/><category term='Lauren Bloom'/><category term='Scripture'/><category term='family finances'/><category term='recession proof'/><category term='authors'/><category term='dreams'/><category term='consultant'/><category term='book awards'/><category term='art of the apology'/><category term='debt cancellation'/><category term='attorney'/><category term='God&apos;s plan'/><category term='finance books'/><category term='Jesus'/><category term='personal finance'/><category term='self-published'/><category term='financial freedom'/><category term='business ethics'/><title type='text'>SELF-PUBLISHED CHRISTIAN AUTHORS</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2950320601063176060/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Dvineexpressions Book Club</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07651917444676375400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YuGwQ0tIIH0/S1YOuHYd-II/AAAAAAAAADs/hRZB0DtzAiU/S220/d5.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950320601063176060.post-5179947188594079131</id><published>2010-10-01T09:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-01T09:03:30.633-07:00</updated><title type='text'>October: Think Pink with Pam Perry</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/feeds/5179947188594079131/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/2010/10/october-think-pink-with-pam-perry.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2950320601063176060/posts/default/5179947188594079131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2950320601063176060/posts/default/5179947188594079131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/2010/10/october-think-pink-with-pam-perry.html' title='October: Think Pink with Pam Perry'/><author><name>Dvineexpressions Book Club</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07651917444676375400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YuGwQ0tIIH0/S1YOuHYd-II/AAAAAAAAADs/hRZB0DtzAiU/S220/d5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950320601063176060.post-5682410224096905146</id><published>2010-02-08T05:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-08T09:13:59.830-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dreams'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God&apos;s plan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='success'/><title type='text'>DREAM B.I.G. in 3D</title><summary type='text'>Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.  ~Langston HughesHaving placed an eviction notice on lack, struggle and underachievement, I boldly declared my 2010 mantra to be WE WIN IN 2010!  This is for my personal life, business and spiritual life as I have been called by God to Pastor Faith @ Work Christian Church.
Dream B.I.G. in 3D, by Paul Wilson Jr., </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/feeds/5682410224096905146/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/2010/02/dream-big-in-3d.html#comment-form' title='37 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2950320601063176060/posts/default/5682410224096905146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2950320601063176060/posts/default/5682410224096905146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/2010/02/dream-big-in-3d.html' title='DREAM B.I.G. in 3D'/><author><name>Dvineexpressions Book Club</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07651917444676375400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YuGwQ0tIIH0/S1YOuHYd-II/AAAAAAAAADs/hRZB0DtzAiU/S220/d5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>37</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950320601063176060.post-2823798341730705767</id><published>2010-02-01T17:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-01T17:01:31.294-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I CHOOSE TO STAY:  A BLACK TEACHER REFUSES TO DESERT THE INNER CITY By Salome Thomas-El</title><summary type='text'>"Someday I will find a way to help kids believe in themselves, I vowed to myself, someday."

These are the words of Salome Thomas-El also known as Principal El.  If you are a native or long-time resident of Philadelphia you may have heard of him-especially if you are a sports fan for he spent several formative years at the famed PRISM cable network.  He has interviewed, developed relationships </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/feeds/2823798341730705767/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-choose-to-stay-black-teacher-refuses.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2950320601063176060/posts/default/2823798341730705767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2950320601063176060/posts/default/2823798341730705767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-choose-to-stay-black-teacher-refuses.html' title='I CHOOSE TO STAY:  A BLACK TEACHER REFUSES TO DESERT THE INNER CITY By Salome Thomas-El'/><author><name>Dvineexpressions Book Club</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07651917444676375400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YuGwQ0tIIH0/S1YOuHYd-II/AAAAAAAAADs/hRZB0DtzAiU/S220/d5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950320601063176060.post-7284192636811832987</id><published>2010-02-01T06:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-01T06:25:01.164-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Celebrating Black History Month with the Best Authors You May Have Never Heard Of!</title><summary type='text'>Happy Black History Month!  I am so proud, happy and elated to be a Black Woman an African-American woman who loves to write and loves to read!  I have been blessed to be exposed to many, many dynamic authors of all races, nationalities and religious backgrounds.  In the coming months I will share some of them with you but this month is dedicated to four dynamic African-American authors whose </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/feeds/7284192636811832987/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/2010/02/celebrating-black-history-month-with.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2950320601063176060/posts/default/7284192636811832987'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2950320601063176060/posts/default/7284192636811832987'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/2010/02/celebrating-black-history-month-with.html' title='Celebrating Black History Month with the Best Authors You May Have Never Heard Of!'/><author><name>Dvineexpressions Book Club</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07651917444676375400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YuGwQ0tIIH0/S1YOuHYd-II/AAAAAAAAADs/hRZB0DtzAiU/S220/d5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950320601063176060.post-6296079115686112801</id><published>2009-09-14T16:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-14T16:56:30.079-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lauren Bloom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forgiveness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='business ethics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art of the apology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='consultant'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='attorney'/><title type='text'>The Art of the Apology:  How to Apologize Effectively to Practically Anyone</title><summary type='text'>"Without forgiveness, there's no future."~ Desmond Tutu (cited on page 159)
In this ground-seizing book, The Art of the Apology:  How to Apologize Effectively to Practically Anyone, author Lauren Bloom has taken her years of expertise as a litigator and crafted a powerful reconciliation plan and mediation resource that can be used in both corporate and non-corporate settings.  The book opens with</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/feeds/6296079115686112801/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/2009/09/art-of-apology-how-to-apologize.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2950320601063176060/posts/default/6296079115686112801'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2950320601063176060/posts/default/6296079115686112801'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/2009/09/art-of-apology-how-to-apologize.html' title='The Art of the Apology:  How to Apologize Effectively to Practically Anyone'/><author><name>Dvineexpressions Book Club</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07651917444676375400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YuGwQ0tIIH0/S1YOuHYd-II/AAAAAAAAADs/hRZB0DtzAiU/S220/d5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950320601063176060.post-1641836172691041648</id><published>2009-09-09T07:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-09T07:04:00.274-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bob Bennett'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Resurrection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='law'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Scripture'/><title type='text'>Are You Under LAW OR GRACE:  Being Free to Love God Daily by Bob Bennett</title><summary type='text'>"It is vital for you to see the distinction between "law and grace."  They are totally separate, but necessary, in God's plan of salvation-and must never be mixed.  The law brings condemnation to lead us to Jesus-grace.  Grace brings forth life-God's life in us."

While on vacation, in August, I took a few good books to read and Bob Bennett's Law or Grace topped the list.  It is an in-depth study</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/feeds/1641836172691041648/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/2009/09/are-you-under-law-or-grace-being-free.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2950320601063176060/posts/default/1641836172691041648'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2950320601063176060/posts/default/1641836172691041648'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/2009/09/are-you-under-law-or-grace-being-free.html' title='Are You Under LAW OR GRACE:  Being Free to Love God Daily by Bob Bennett'/><author><name>Dvineexpressions Book Club</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07651917444676375400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YuGwQ0tIIH0/S1YOuHYd-II/AAAAAAAAADs/hRZB0DtzAiU/S220/d5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950320601063176060.post-2290234053444511084</id><published>2009-09-01T15:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-01T15:39:28.903-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Too long since I've posted...</title><summary type='text'>to this blog!  I am so sorry but the time has taught me some very valuable lessons.
1.  Ensure that you have the capacity to sustain the volume of business a new venture generates:  DvineExpressions Book Club had a highly successful debut at the 2009 Book Expo America.  The success has generated unspeakable business that we quite frankly were not prepared to handle.
2.  All Self-Published </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/feeds/2290234053444511084/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/2009/09/too-long-since-ive-posted.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2950320601063176060/posts/default/2290234053444511084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2950320601063176060/posts/default/2290234053444511084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/2009/09/too-long-since-ive-posted.html' title='Too long since I&apos;ve posted...'/><author><name>Dvineexpressions Book Club</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07651917444676375400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YuGwQ0tIIH0/S1YOuHYd-II/AAAAAAAAADs/hRZB0DtzAiU/S220/d5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950320601063176060.post-3679653293314034070</id><published>2009-04-08T13:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-08T14:08:26.749-07:00</updated><title type='text'>3 Things Every Christian Authors Must Do</title><summary type='text'>As a Christian author I believe I can speak about what we lack with some sense of authority.  Having missed many opportunities to stand tall as a Self-Published Christian Author I am now compelled to share those mistakes so that you can advance your ministry through writing:1) Have a 30 second "Head Promo" of your book.  What's a Head Promo?  It is the sells pitch you walk, breath and live about </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/feeds/3679653293314034070/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/2009/04/3-things-every-christian-authors-must.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2950320601063176060/posts/default/3679653293314034070'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2950320601063176060/posts/default/3679653293314034070'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/2009/04/3-things-every-christian-authors-must.html' title='3 Things Every Christian Authors Must Do'/><author><name>Dvineexpressions Book Club</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07651917444676375400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YuGwQ0tIIH0/S1YOuHYd-II/AAAAAAAAADs/hRZB0DtzAiU/S220/d5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950320601063176060.post-367297254549133471</id><published>2009-04-07T01:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-07T03:17:25.951-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='prosperity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial freedom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='finance books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='recession proof'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='andre butler'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal finance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debt cancellation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family finances'/><title type='text'>Rejecting Recession-Pastor Andre Butler shares how in "Not In My House"</title><summary type='text'>I’ve made a decision: I’m not going to participate in the recession. ("Not in My House" Day 1 pg. 4)As a young Pastor who started a church with less than 10 people I believe I was doing what God wanted.  In the first year, I was led by God to lead the people in a Debt-Cancellation Ministry.  That was in 2005 when the economic situation in the nation was pretty stable and in fact growing.  This </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/feeds/367297254549133471/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/2009/04/rejecting-recession-pastor-andre-butler.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2950320601063176060/posts/default/367297254549133471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2950320601063176060/posts/default/367297254549133471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/2009/04/rejecting-recession-pastor-andre-butler.html' title='Rejecting Recession-Pastor Andre Butler shares how in &quot;Not In My House&quot;'/><author><name>Dvineexpressions Book Club</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07651917444676375400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YuGwQ0tIIH0/S1YOuHYd-II/AAAAAAAAADs/hRZB0DtzAiU/S220/d5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YuGwQ0tIIH0/SdsjfTie3MI/AAAAAAAAABQ/AlncysP5_Q8/s72-c/pastor+andre+butler.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950320601063176060.post-6175133046601196779</id><published>2009-04-07T01:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-07T01:51:26.061-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self-published'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='book awards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='authors'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='book reviews'/><title type='text'>1st Annual Self-Published Author Christian Book Awards</title><summary type='text'>I am so excited about the 1st Annual Self-Published Author Christian Book Awards!  As a Self-Published Author who is also Christian, I am uniquely qualified to take a hard look at our genre and applaud our God-inspired work and seek to encourage all of my colleagues to take their efforts from word of mouth book sells to potential national and international book sells.So we begin our formidable </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/feeds/6175133046601196779/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/2009/04/1st-annual-self-published-author.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2950320601063176060/posts/default/6175133046601196779'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2950320601063176060/posts/default/6175133046601196779'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dvineexpressionsbookclub.blogspot.com/2009/04/1st-annual-self-published-author.html' title='1st Annual Self-Published Author Christian Book Awards'/><author><name>Dvineexpressions Book Club</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07651917444676375400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YuGwQ0tIIH0/S1YOuHYd-II/AAAAAAAAADs/hRZB0DtzAiU/S220/d5.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
