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reported: 06-27-2006 |
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New book puts celebrity faith in the spotlight
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(NASHVILLE, TENN.) -- How Do You Know He's Real?: Celebrity Reflections on True Life Experiences With God is the first installment of a planned three-book series. Released in April by Destiny Image Publishers, author Amy Hammond Hagberg's new book contains 34 real-life stories about celebrities who know God is real because of their personal relationship with Him.
Well-known sports, film, TV, and music celebrities talk candidly about such topics as miracles & prayer, marriage & healing, success & despair, abortion & sex, addiction & death, forgiveness & salvation, joy & love and more. This collection of stories is in stark contrast to many of today's depressing, tragedy-focused headlines that feature some athletes and movie stars. In this encouraging and uplifting book, Christians blessed with professional career success share their very personal stories about life in the spotlight-and love in God's light.
Celebrities featured in How Do You Know He's Real?: Celebrity Reflections on True Life Experiences With God:
John Schneider (actor from Dukes of Hazzard and Smallville)
Billy Ray Cyrus (actor and singer/songwriter)
Gary Burghoff (“Radar O’Reilly” from the hit TV series M*A*S*H)
Kirk Cameron (star of the hit TV series Growing Pains)
Nancy Stafford (actress – TV series, Matlock)
Jackie Zeman (actress – daytime drama General Hospital)
Steve Stevens (famous child actor and Hollywood agent)
Ricky Skaggs (bluegrass musician)
Charlie Daniels (legendary country music superstar)
Gloria Gaynor (disco legend – "I Will Survive")
Jonny Lang (blues singer)
T-Bone (rapper and actor)
Clay Crosse (Christian singer/songwriter)
Zoro (drummer for Lenny Kravitz)
Noel Paul Stookey ("Paul" from 60's singing group Peter, Paul & Mary)
Ken Hensley (former lead singer for the 70's rock band Uriah Heep)
Rudy Sarzo (bass guitar player with Quiet Riot, Whitesnake and Ozzy Osborne)
Bonnie Bramlett (R&B musician and songwriter)
Kerry Livgren (recording artist from rock band Kansas)
Leon Patillo (former lead vocalist with the rock band Santana)
Heather Powers (Christian singer/songwriter)
Al Kasha (Academy Award winning composer)
Bethel Johnson (NFL wide receiver)
David Carr (NFL quarterback)
Andrew DeClercq (former NBA player)
Luther Ellis (former NFL player)
Charlotte Smith-Taylor (WNBA forward with the Indiana Fever)
Jason Hanson (NFL kicker)
Corey Koskie (MLB 3rd baseman)
David Wheaton (tennis champion)
Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila (NFL defensive end)
Jenny Boucek (Assistant Coach of the Seattle Storm and former WNBA player)
Tara Dawn Christensen (Miss America 1997)
The second book in the series, He’s Real: God’s Extreme Love for a Radical Generation (working title), is a youth version featuring some of today's biggest stars. The book is scheduled to be released this fall, and a second adult version will follow in 2007.
Author Amy Hammond Hagberg is a frequent contributor to numerous magazines, such as HomeLife, Living With Teenagers, Christian Singles, Ignite the Fire, Sports Spectrum, Relevant, Radiant, Living Light News, Disciples World and more. She lives and writes full-time in the woods of Buffalo, Minnesota with her husband and two teenage children. She also speaks to church groups all over the country.
For more information, visit her website at AmyHagberg.com.
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