Week ending Dec. 19

Christian romance novelist Kristy Dykes helped write a last, real-life love story before her death—involving her husband Milton.

Having journaled movingly about Kristy’s battle with brain cancer at her Web site—she died in July, aged 56—Milton has recently posted about his unexpectedly falling in love again… with someone Kristy had said would be a perfect match for him, during her illness.

It’s the season for list making, so no surprise that there’s a variety to ponder in the Christian products world.

CBA Training and Consulting Manager Mike Hockett suggests ways that retailers can make the most of coupons in a piece about “The Shift to Thrift.”

Week ending Jan. 19

NavPress executive publisher Michael Miller (http://michaeldmiller.wordpress.com/, Jan. 19) kicks off an interesting discussion by referencing the top ten selling Christian books of 2008, according to statistics from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association.

Heading the chart for the year was B&H Publishing's The Love Dare by Stephen & Alex Kendrick, followed by William P. Young's The Shack (Windblown Media). Also in the