Take a break: Joyce Meyer gives women permission to Eat the Cookie...Buy the Shoes in her new FaithWords title coming April 13. The book addresses the topic of discipline, instructing readers to break a routine and even occasionally indulge. The hardcover title will retail for $24.99.

Regal is releasing Making a Good Church Great by Steve Sjogren on March 15. The author, a church planter, focuses on the qualities of the local church that relies on God's presence, regardless of its size or attendance.

Rachel Balducci relates the adventure of raising her five boys in How Do You Tuck In a Superhero?, releasing next month from Revell/Baker Publishing Group. A former staff writer for The Augusta Chronicle, Balducci uses overheard conversations, rules she's been forced to make and episodes of boy behavior to offer humorous parenting insights. The softcover book will retail for $12.99.

Bible themes: The full-color reference book 100 Big Ideas of the Bible by Mark Fackler (Barbour Publishing, April) explores biblical concepts for the benefit of the average reader, including themes such as adoption, worship, covenant, grace and faith. The book will retail for $9.99.

Global trends: In The Meeting of the Waters (David. Cook), author Fritz Kling uses more than 150 interviews of global Christian leaders to identify seven global currents that will propel the future church, including migration, machines and the growing "mercy generation." The softcover book releases this month and retails for $16.99.

Correction: The retail price for Joseph Prince's Unmerited Favor (Charisma House), which released last month, is $22.99.

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