Greetings to you during this Easter season. How weary this world is, how eternally dark without the hope of the resurrection…He is risen, indeed!

Here are some quick updates on the writing front:

• I’ll be the guest speaker for an ecumenical "FUSE" high school youth event in Petoskey, Michigan on Sunday, April 18 at 7 p.m. at ►Petoskey United Methodist Church.

• My next book-signings will take place during the Winsome Women Retreats at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, May 18-21. I’ll be assisting with the music team during that week; then in 2005 I’ll be one of the seminar leaders. (It’s a tough job, but someone’s got to do it!)

• Don’t forget about Walking with Frodo for graduation gifts! It would also make a great informal summer study for youth small groups. Signed copies and group discounts are available through my website ►www.saraharthur.com.

• European readers can look for the German translation, entitled Unterwegs mit Frodo, at ►www.gerth.de; it’s already in its second printing.

• I’m now working full-time on Walking with Bilbo: A Devotional Journey through The Hobbit. For those who think The Hobbit is just for kids: THINK AGAIN! The seeds of Tolkien’s major literary and spiritual themes take root in this wonderful story, eventually coming to flower and fruit in LOTR. ►Walking with Bilbo is slated for release in January 2005.

• I’ve completed my job as contract editor for ►LinC, a weekly youth curriculum of the United Methodist Publishing House based on current events. It was a great experience! I’ll still be writing for the team occasionally.

• I’ve written two resources in a series for High School Sunday School classes: "Thinking Theologically About Money," and "Thinking Theologically About Pop Culture." Both are now available through ►Cokesbury. The 6-week series teaches critical thinking skills in assessing an issue from a godly perspective: through the filters of Scripture, Experience, Reason, and Tradition. ►www.ileadyouth.com

• Also available through Cokesbury is my small group resource on ►Prayer, in the 20/30 series (for young adults in their 20s and 30s). This is great for campus ministries and summer study groups.

• Look for my illustrations in the Spring 2004 issue of the poetry journal Time of Singing. We’ll also post the illustrations on my website.

As I said last month, I’ll be attending the Calvin College ►Festival of Faith & Writing April 22-25. Let me know if you’ll be there; I’d love to touch base! After that I’ll be gone most of the month of May for vacation and conferences, but we’ll make sure there’s someone to ship your orders, particularly for graduation gifts.

Blessings,

 ►sarah@saraharthur.com

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