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T-SHIRTS ARE THE NEW BUMPERSTICKERS
A new national survey finds that Christian t-shirts are a more popular choice among young adults than either NBA-themed or Abercrombie & Fitch logo tees, according to Internet retailer DATOmana.
The survey included 419 adults aged 18-34. When presented with a variety of t-shirts, including an Abercrombie & Fitch logo tee, a NBA-licensed tee and a Christian tee, 40 percent chose the religious tee, versus 16 percent for the NBA tee and 30 percent for the Abercrombie tee.
When asked what would motivate them to wear a t-shirt with a religious message on it, most said simply that they would do so if they liked the message on the shirt. Only six percent said they would only wear one "as a joke."
While Christian t-shirts are popular among young adults, they still rank below designer tees. A Polo Ralph Lauren t-shirt received the highest ranking in the survey, with 53 percent. All percentages are based on "top two box" scores in a five-level rating scale. Respondents scored each tee separately.
The full results of the study may be found at www.ChristianTeeResearch.com.
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WINNING TROUBLE
The "Operation First Novel" award-winner Troublesome Creek (Tyndale House) has now hit stores in final form.
The book's origins go back to 2001, when writer Jan Watson attended a writers' conference where she was challenged to see her writing as a ministry. Watson began to take her writing seriously, and submitted Troublesome Creek to the Jerry B. Jenkins Christian Writers Guild "Operation First Novel" competition in 2004.
Selected from nearly 300 entries, Troublesome Creek was the award-winning manuscript. Along with her monetary award, Watson was presented with a contract from Tyndale House to publish her first novel, to be personally edited by bestselling author Jerry B. Jenkins.
Here is the description:
Set in the hills of Kentucky in the late 1800s, this heartwarming "coming of age" novel presents Laura "Copper" Grace, who faces the possibility of losing everything that is precious to her when her stepmother threatens to send her away to boarding school. Nothing could drag her off the mountain until one day when she realized there was something good ahead for her -- something more than she could ever dream or imagine -- something that was God's very best for her life.
Troublesome Creek is already receiving positive reviews.
Watson is a retired registered nurse who specialized for 25 years in the care of newborns and their mothers. She lives in Kentucky where she and her late husband, Charles, raised three children. Always a "late bloomer," she didn't begin to write until her husband bought her a word processor as a Christmas gift seven years ago.
For more info about the Christian Writers Guild, go to their official site.
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Chris Well is the author of the suspense thriller Forgiving Solomon Long (Harvest House). Find him online at StudioWell.com, or at his new blog, Learning Curve. (Subscribe to the RSS Feed).
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