The management teams of the California Market Center (CMC), LA Mart and California Gift Show have joined forces to launch a co-promotional campaign for summer, “How the West Is One.” Putting a spotlight on how the combined product offerings of the three venues create the largest gift and home market in the West, the new campaign is designed to maximize the buying experience for attending retailers.

As part of the unified message, the three venues will honor each other’s admission badges and provide free shuttle service between each location and host hotels.

The Isaacs won five awards at the 2014 Absolutely Gospel Music (AGM) Awards, the most of any group or individual. The awards were presented April 15 at a concert celebration in Smyrna, Tenn.

The group was awarded its second consecutive Mixed Group of the Year title and first-ever Best Live Performer. Ben Isaacs took home Producer of the Year (Artist) while songwriting siblings Becky Isaacs Bowman and Sonya Isaacs won Songwriter of the Year (Artist). Bowman was also recognized as Musician of the Year.

Inspirational gift company The Blessing Collection offers high-quality framed blessings that celebrate life occasions and special people—and now furry, four-footed friends.

Charlene Quint Kalebic, owner and creative designer at the Lake Forest, Ill.-based company, appeals to dog lovers with a new dog blessing that in its larger sizes can be personalized with a pet’s name. Dog blessings come in various sizes, including 8-by-10-inch for $55 suggested retail and 11-by-14-inch for $95.

Dr. James Dobson and his Family Talk radio ministry have won a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the Obamacare employer mandate. Fighting the same contraception-coverage requirements that Hobby Lobby is protesting before the Supreme Court, Dobson and his organization won the injunction before the United States District Court of Colorado, where Family Talk is headquartered.

“In America, we don’t try to separate what people do from what they believe,” Kevin Theriot, senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, said of the case. “Faith-based organizations should be free to operate according to the faith they teach and live out every day.”

FaithWords is increasing its first printing run for Jesus Daily to 100,000. The larger print run for the book by Aaron Tabor, M.D., is based on demand from booksellers and shows the power of social media.

Baker Publishing Group books received 10 Christy Awards nominations, the most of any publisher. The 15th Annual Christy Awards, which honor excellence in Christian fiction, will be presented June 23 at the International Christian Retail Show in Atlanta.

Tyndale House Publishers books also fared well, receiving four nominations, while Thomas Nelson and Zondervan titles also scored a combined four nods for HarperCollins Christian Publishing.

Heaven Is for Real earned $21.5 million at the box office opening weekend, giving it the highest debut and the third-highest take April 18-20. The film released two days before the weekend, and adding Wednesday and Thursday’s take brings sales through the weekend to $28.5 million, according to Box Office Mojo.

Averaging $8,895 across 2,417 theaters during the weekend, Heaven Is for Real had nearly twice the take of the Johnny Depp-starring Transcendence, which only grossed $11.15 million, despite playing in more than 1,000 additional screens than Heaven.