(ROCKWALL, TX – April 2, 2018) As YMCAs across America prepare to celebrate National Healthy Kids Day, the J.E.R. Chilton YMCA at Rockwall will kick off a new Summer Reading Program with a Healthy Body, Healthy Mind Book Drive. The Book Drive Kick-off Party will be held at noon Saturday, April 14. Bring the family and […]
ROCKWALL/HEATH/FATE, TX (Nov. 2, 2017) Here’s a digital look at our November print edition. Our print publication delivers monthly to more than 20,000 homes and businesses throughout Rockwall and Heath. Extra copies are available for pick up at the Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce, the JER Chilton YMCA, the Rockwall County Library and various local businesses. Meals on Wheels […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Nov. 29, 20160 Just in time for Christmas, Upper Room Books has released Missy Buchanan’s eighth book: Spirit Boosters for the Journey of Aging: 366 Days, a devotional flipbook specific to the challenges of growing older. Buchanan, a longtime resident of Rockwall, has appeared twice on Good Morning America with Robin Roberts […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – July 29, 2016) Daniel Botha of Rockwall has released a new book entitled, “What is Going to Happen When Jesus Returns?” With a Bachelor’s degree in Theology and a Master’s in Counseling, Botha has spent the past 40 years raising up churches and Bible studies all over Southern Africa. Through his preaching […]
(ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX – April 23, 2016) Prolific writer and veteran author Mary DeMuth, of Rockwall, exposes the truth of where self-worth really comes from in her latest book, Worth Living: How God’s Wild Love for You Makes You Worthy (Baker Books, May 2016). DeMuth has overcome a difficult childhood of neglect and abuse and has […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – September 11, 2015) The Rockwall County Library is pleased to present award-winning author Grace Lin at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Friday, September 25. Join them at the library for this FREE talk with a nationally-acclaimed children’s author. Grace Lin is the author of more than a dozen books including picture books, early readers, […]
(HEATH, TX – July 28, 2015) Carolyn Roosth of Heath has just published her fourth novel, DESPAIR. DESPAIR is the story of Nola Santiago, a character from the author’s first novel, DENIAL. Like so many young people, Nola longs for a life different from the one she has in the small Mexican village of Boquillas […]
(ROCKWALL/HEATH, TX – March 29, 2015) Louie Zamperini tasted a heavenly peace as death approached. But he’d made a promise to God during his weeks of floating in a deteriorating raft, gazing at the vast ocean and starry skies. If the Creator of all this could save him from the dangers he faced—hunger, thirst, heat […]
ROCKWALL, TX (Feb. 22, 2015) Upper Room Books and Juliette Fowler Communities in Dallas recently hosted a launch event for Rockwall author Missy Buchanan and her new book, “Voices of Aging.” The event included a panel of adult children and aging parents including Dorothy Roberts, sister of Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts; Jane McGarry, special […]
Book signing Jan 10 at Half Price Books in Rockwall ROCKWALL, TX (Jan. 1, 2015) What did Yankee Doodle call the feather in his cap? When did Friday the 13th become considered unlucky? These are some of the questions and answers in Joe B. Hewitt’s new book, Trivia for Adults. Hewitt, longtime resident of Rockwall […]