Kansas Nebraska Convention of Southern Baptists (KNCSB)

Book Signing with Author Christine Schaub Open to Public

The Church Library Ministry Conference leaders are proud to host Christine Schaub, author of Finding Anna and The Longing Season at a book signing on Friday, September 26, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in the chapel at Webster Conference Center, Salina, Kansas.  In Christine’s MUSIC OF THE HEART series, she tells the powerful stories of hope behind our greatest hymns--songs born out of tragedy that now comfort millions with their poignant lyrics and plaintive melodies. 

It’s become Christine’s mission to rekindle a love for hymns.  “I think the themes of hope and peace and longing that form the poetry of these hymns is wildly mission from modern church music,” says Christine, a concert pianist, novelist and actress.  “Praise and worship is only one aspect of singing about your faith.  The other aspect is, ‘Pass me not, oh gentle Savior…do not pass me by,’--a crying out for help…for peace.  I think that plea is just as essential as the praise and worship choruses sung in churches today.”

Christine began telling these stories in 1994 as one-person dramas, written originally for her church--a verbal “rest of the story.” They were wildly popular and she became known as the “Hymn Lady.” Those performances led to state women’s meetings, the International Church of God Conferences, the Gaithers’ PraiseGathering conferences, Taylor University, Anderson University and similar college campuses, dinner theatres, and churches across the Midwest until, ultimately, a publisher asked her to broaden the stories into novel form.  The MUSIC OF THE HEART SERIES was born.

The October 2005 debut of Finding Anna chronicles the tragic life of H.G. Spafford and his family, which inspired the hymn “It Is Well with My Soul.” The Longing Season (July 2006) explores the two-year odyssey of John Newton and his iconic hymn “Amazing Grace.” The books are regional and international bestsellers, were translated into Club/Bookspan and large-print editions.

Please help us welcome Christine to Kansas-Nebraska.  The book signing is open to the public.