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Written by Staff
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Thursday, 19 February 2009 10:13 AM America/New_York |
- If your passion for selling Christian books is being squelched under the weight of business concerns, spend a few minutes with Byron Borger, from Hearts & Minds in Dallastown, Pa.
- His store regularly provides book tables for churches and conferences—lots of packing and unpacking of boxes and long hours.
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- Writing of his experiences serving the Jubilee students' conference held recently in Pittsburgh (http://www.heartsandmindsbooks.com/booknotes/, Feb. 17), he admits
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- “This was chaos in the primordial Genesis sense. I wanted to crawl up under the boxes and cry,” he recalls. Then, “the miracle happened, we pulled it off, God gave our desperate spirits renewed energy and soon we had a great looking, full-service bookstore set up complete with a few good volunteers...”
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- Given the opportunity to recommend several titles from the platform to attendees, Borger later reflected: “I guess we won't know the impact of these moments of learning for years to come...our prayer, though, is that these days in Pittsburgh--and their reading of books bought in weeks to come--- will help shape the character of tomorrow's leaders, impact the nature of cultural institutions, and sustain authentic and normative reformation of society.”
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- That's what it's all about.
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- Meanwhile, the folks at CBA have announced a relaunch for the trade association's Industry Blog http://cbablog.typepad.com/cba/, Feb. 16), dormant since early December.
- Among the forthcoming new features promised are success stories from within the Christian retail industry, details on channel-wide exclusives like the recent “Operation Worship” Bibles program and consumer habits information.
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