The winner of several Gold Medallions from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association for his book covers--which include the original designs for Frank Peretti's This Present Darkness and Piercing the Darkness--DiCianni has just completed a 12-foot-by-40 foot oil-on-canvas mural of Christ's resurrection.

The Shack (Windblown Media/Hachette Book Group USA) recently received an ECPA Diamond Award for sales of more than 10 million copies via all retail channels.

"Neither one of those stats is down dramatically," said Greg Bays, chairman of CMTA, which tracks the sales of Christian music. Bays added that digital music has been the "growth driver," with digital albums rising 37.98% and sales of digital tracks climbing 18.91%.

Like last year, Outreach did not award one overall Outreach Resource of the Year because of the variety of the nominated resources and the subjects they covered.

Running through March 30, the show is hosted by Christian Retailing magazine, highlighting some of the key new and backlist products from leading suppliers. Specials from Thomas Nelson include up to a 50% discount and free freight on qualified orders.

As he discusses his new album, former dcTalk member TobyMac says a reunion tour for the groundbreaking trio is "absolutely possible."

Starring worship leader Jeff Deyo (Sonicflood) and founding member of Kansas Kerry Livgren, the movie tells the story of a popular Christian rock band--Grand Design--whose lead singer, Johnny C. (former dcTalk member Kevin Max), is spiraling out of control until he loses everything that is meaningful in his life.