Swanson Christian Products recently expanded its children's wooden puzzle product line.

The Murfreesboro, Tenn.-based distributor added five new puzzles to its existing line of six designs. Each wooden puzzle offers Bible-centered themes with screen-printed graphics on wood-based materials.

Mike Miller, president of NavPress since 2007, has decided to transition out of his role, effective May 31. Charlie Dokmo, chief of staff of The Navigators, will serve as interim CEO of NavPress as the publisher seeks a new president.

Miller said he enjoyed his tenure with NavPress, the publishing arm of the U.S.-based The Navigators.

"I was honored to work with a tremendous team of people who are committed to changing the world through publishing books and materials that resonate with this generation," said Miller, noting that he and his wife, Pat, "will continue to live out The Navigators' calling wherever God leads us to serve."

Miller joined NavPress with a vision to enable the publisher "to carve out a distinctive discipleship niche in the publishing world," company officials said. Under Miller's leadership, NavPress explored new markets and e-publishing, while publishing Respectable Sins by Jerry Bridges; the "Becoming a Woman of..." series by Cynthia Heald; The Message Bible by Eugene Peterson; and The Hope Before Me by American Idol contestant Danny Gokey.

Before joining NavPress, Miller founded GodTube, the first Christian video social media site in 2004, in which he also served as the chief marketing officer. From 1992 to 2004, Miller served as vice president of sales and marketing for LifeWay Church Resources. he also wrote several books, including Kingdom Focused Leader (B&H Publishing Group) and Ministry Gifts Inventory (LifeWay Christian Resources).

Interim CEO Dokmo, a graduate of the United States Military Academy and former Army officer, has served in numerous leadership positions with World Vision, Opportunity International and Compassion International before becoming The Navigators' chief of staff in 2011.

Ryan and Josh Shook's Firsthand: Ditching Secondhand Religion for a Faith of Your Own (WaterBrook Press) has become a national best-seller.

Released March 19, the debut book by Ryan, 24, and Josh, 23, the oldest sons of Kerry Shook—pastor of Woodlands Church near Houston—debuted at No. 4 on the April 7 New York Times Hardcover Advice & Miscellaneous best-sellers list and No. 5 on the April 1 Publishers Weekly Hardcover Nonfiction list.

It also debuted at No. 8 on the March 29 Wall Street Journal Hardcover Nonfiction list and No. 107 on the March 28 USA Today's Top 150 Best-Selling Books.

In the book, the two share their experiences of leaving home and doubting their faith. The brothers also address the rampant exodus of young adults from the church, speaking to their peers on the faith-related issues of emptiness, doubt, authenticity and more.

Click here for more information on Firsthand.

Several Christian authors have been nominated for the 2013 Romance Writers of America's RITA Awards.

Finalists in the Inspirational Romance category are Against the Tide by Elizabeth Camden and My Stubborn Heart by Becky Wade (both Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); Betrayal by Robin Lee Hatcher (Zondervan); An Heiress at Heart by Jennifer Delamere (Grand Central Publishing/Hachette Book Group); A House Full of Hope by Missy Tippens and The Soldier's Wife by Cheryl Reavis (both Love Inspired/Harlequin); Naomi's Christmas by Marta Perry (Berkley/Penguin Group USA); and The Wedding Dress by Rachel Hauck (Thomas Nelson).

The Welcome Committee of Butternut Creek by Jane Myers Perrine (FaithWords) is a finalist in the Novel with Strong Romantic Elements category.

Winners for the 2013 RITA Awards will be announced July 20 during the Romance Writers of America's 33rd annual conference in Atlanta. Regarded as the highest award of excellence in the genre of romance fiction, the RITA Award is named after the association's first president, Rita Clay Estrada.

Click here for a complete list of finalists.

Edith Schaeffer, author and wife of Francis Schaeffer, died at home in Gryon, Switzerland on Easter Sunday, March 31. She was 98.

Born Nov. 3, 1914 to missionaries in China, she married Francis Schaeffer in 1935. The two moved with their three daughters in 1948 to serve as missionaries in Switzerland, where they founded the L'Abri Fellowship.

A best-selling author like her husband, Edith Schaeffer's books included Affliction (Revell/Baker Publishing Group), The Tapestry: The Life and Times of Francis and Edith Schaeffer (Word Books) and Christianity Is Jewish (Tyndale House Publishers). Affliction and The Tapestry won the Gold Medallion award from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association in 1979 and 1982, respectively.

The Schaeffers' son, Frank Schaeffer, memorialized his mother in a letter titled "Goodbye Mom, Edith Schaeffer 1914-2013 RIP" in his blog. 

"Mom treated everyone she ever met well, spent more time talking to 'nobodies' than to the rich and famous, who flocked to her after her books were published and became best-sellers," he wrote. "Through my experience of being a father of three and grandfather of four, I've finally been able to test mom's life wisdom and spiritual outlook and found out that she was right: love, continuity, beauty, forgiveness, art, life and loving a loving, all-forgiving God really are the only things that matter."

There will be a public memorial April 19 in Gryon. Later in the year, there will be a public graveside service in the U.S., where Schaeffer will be laid to rest alongside her late husband. 

Bodie and Brock Thoene's When Jesus Wept, "The Jerusalem Chronicles" No. 1 (Zondervan) debuted at No. 5 on the Fiction best-sellers from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA), tracking sales for the week ending March 23, according to Pubtrack Christian data. The novel was released March 19.

The Top 20 General best-sellers were: 1. Jesus Calling, Sarah Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 2. Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 3. The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing/Moody Publishers); 4. Jesus Calling, Young, large print deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 5. Jesus Today, Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 6. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 7. Jesus Calling, Young, deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 8. Not a Fan Teen Edition, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 9. Damascus Countdown, "The Twelfth Imam" No. 3, Joel C. Rosenberg (Tyndale House Publishers); 10. No More Perfect Moms, Jill Savage (Moody Publishers); 11. Jesus Calling, Young, women's edition (Thomas Nelson); 12. The Chance, Karen Kingsbury (Howard Books); 13. The Purpose Driven Life, Rick Warren (Zondervan); 14. God Gave Us Easter, Lisa Tawn Bergren (WaterBrook Press); 15. Gods at War, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 16. Checklist for Life for Teens (Thomas Nelson); 17. Not a Fan, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 18. Crazy Love, Francis Chan (David C Cook); 19. Battlefield of the Mind, Joyce Meyer (FaithWords); and 20. Pursued, Jud Wilhite (FaithWords).

The Top 10 Fiction best-sellers were: 1. The Harbinger; 2. Damascus Countdown; 3. The Chance; 4. Truth-Stained Lies, "Moonlighter" No. 1, Terri Blackstock (Zondervan); 5. When Jesus Wept; 6. The Icecutter's Daughter, "Land of Shining Water" No. 1, Tracie Peterson (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 7. The Twelfth Imam, "The Twelfth Imam" No. 1, Rosenberg (Tyndale); 8. A Place to Belong, "Wild West Wind" No. 3, Lauraine Snelling (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 9. The Bible: A Story of God and All of Us, Mark Burnett and Roma Downey (FaithWords); and 10. Sacrifice, "Abram's Daughters" No. 3, Beverly Lewis (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group).

The top five Bibles were: 1. ESV Thinline Value Edition Bible, TruTone, midnight, flame design, English Standard Version (Crossway); 2. The Story, NIV, deluxe, hardcover, New International Version (Zondervan); 3. NLT God Sightings, softcover, New Living Translation (Tyndale); 4. NIV Women of Faith Study Bible (Zondervan); and 5. NIV Thinline Bible, navy bonded leather (Zondervan).

With at least three major projects in the works, company officials set aside the day to help employees focus on the tasks ahead, Rainer said.