"Loving, like prayer, is a power as well as a process. It's curative. It is creative." -- Zona Gale, Birth

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HOLLYWOOD, NARNIA AND ALL POINTS IN-BETWEEN FOR BETHANY DILLON

Sharing the title of the film Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story, CCM Magazine cover girl Bethany Dillon’s song "Dreamer" will be featured as the end credit song. Opening nationwide Oct. 21, Dreamer stars Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferson and Elisabeth Shue in a heartwarming tale of a horse trainer (Russell) and his daughter (Fanning) who nurse an injured horse back to health and, together, strive to achieve a dream against all odds.

This month, Dillon and Sparrow Records will partner with DreamWorks to produce a music video for "Dreamer" and begin promoting the song as a single in September 12.

The song "Dreamer" is also the opening track to Imagination, the follow up to her highly acclaimed eponymous debut.

Dillon is also a featured artist on the "inspired by" soundtrack to The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. She performs the song "Hero."

Continuing to work on behalf of all three projects, Dillon will be making several appearances across the country starting this month and continuing into the fall when she joins Jeremy Camp’s 40 City "Restored Tour" which begins September 7.

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DON'T BEGRUDGE DEEANNE

If you want to know how a novelist gets from plot to print, check in with best-selling novelist Deeanne Gist, who has been Follow the whole story as it unfolds on her blogging about the journey to publication for her her first novel, A Bride Most Begrudging (Bethany House Publishers).

Next week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is hosting Deeanne on a virtual book tour. Participating blogs all over the country will include reviews, comments and exclusive interviews.

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GAME ON

GameSpot News did a recent article on a Portland-gathering of "faith-based" games creators who are expanding "the front lines of Christian gaming."

(Thanks to Infuze Magazine for sharing the link.)

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THE TOSTI'S TO APPEAR ON THE VIEW

Singer from PAX 217 and wife to discuss pornography

While the members of PAX 217 are winding down to their final shows in a few short months, lead singer David Tosti has taken a slight turn from his music career. Tosti and his wife, Alli, are in New York City this morning for a taping of The View.

The couple is part of a segment titled "How Pornography Ruined Our Marriage." Thankfully, the couple will be the exception to the segment's title.

For the past few months, David has been working with XXXCHURCH.COM in their office as well as speaking at churches, concerts, colleges and festivals. He has been telling his honest story of his struggles with this issue over the years, and how that has effected their marriage. Theirs is a story of grace, forgiveness and mercy, and now the world will get to hear it.

PAX 217 is currently doing their farewell shows at festivals across the country, ending with a final concert in their home region of Los Angeles on October 1.

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Chris Well is the author of the suspense thriller Forgiving Solomon Long (Harvest House). Find him online at StudioWell. Find out more about the novel, including, news, reviews and a sample chapter, at ForgivingSolomonLong.com.

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