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Buy More, Pay Less!

The efficiencies of the Internet are remarkable.

Using eCommerce software, we are delighted to be able to offer you copies of A Dog and A Clock (USA customers only at this stage) for sale right from this website.

And to make it easier on your stewardship, you can buy the book in bulk and share it with others. There is a sliding scale of prices, and they go like this:

$12.99: 1 copy

$30.00: 3 copies ($10 each)

$45.00: 5 copies ($9 each)

$80.00: 10 copies ($8 each)

$140.00: 20 copies ($7 each)

$325.00: 50 copies ($6.50 each) (yes, that’s 50% off!)

$600.00: 100 copies ($6 each)

There is NO SHIPPING fee when you order these books online here!

Enjoy buying, reading, and sharing these wonderful books.

Postscript: If you do not live in the USA and would like to get copies, contact us, and we will find a way to help you!

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It’s in Print!

So, just a couple of days ahead of schedule, A Dog and A Clock is ready for you to buy–and to enjoy reading!

Amazon confirmed availability earlier today.

Or you are welcome to order directly from this site at this LINK.

Amazon Is Now Listing the First Book for Sale

A Dog and A Clock has made its appearance on Amazon, and the good news is that it is slightly ahead of schedule (we had been aiming for May 1st availability). It may be a day or two before it shows as ready to ship (the printing only takes a couple of days), so if you plan to purchase copies from there, be sure to sign up for an email alert or add it to your wish list!

You may order directly from this site (see HERE) and as many as you would like will be on their way to you pronto.

The dog of Angelo del Plato watched intently as his master was lowered into the grave. Eight years later, friends of the family acknowledged that they could not remember a day when that loving dog did not visit his master’s gravesite, usually sitting a while on the turf over his master’s body… Even those who are not dog lovers must admire and commend the faithfulness of that dog to his master. It is a sharp rebuke to many Christians for their lack of faithfulness to their Master!

Enjoy these easy-to-read short devotions by Roger Ellsworth–and a good cup of coffee at the same time!

My Coffee Cup Meditations are short, easy-to-read, Bible-based devotions to help you consider God’s greatness, the wonderful gospel of Jesus, and be better equipped for life here and hereafter.

If you would like to try before you buy, take a look at some sample pages HERE.

Enjoy!

Publishing is an Exciting Ministry

One of the great promises of the Old Testament is found in Malachi 1:11. In it, the LORD of Hosts–Jehovah Sabaoth–declares that His name shall be great among the nations.

How is His name made great in the vast, diverse countries of our world?

It is when the knowledge of His person and character is plainly set before people in such a way that they may respond–respond in the two Ts of the gospel: Turning and Trusting. That is, turning away from sin, and trusting in the Savior appointed. This is what is sometimes called repentance and faith.

Turning

Trusting

Publishing is a way of making God’s name great among the nations!

My Coffee Cup Meditations are published and distributed with a global vision and with the intent that people from all around the world will have access to them.

Join with the author and publisher that God will honor the success of this new initiative. And be sure to order your copies–one for you and at least one for a family member or friend–to help get the word out!

The Typesetting of Book 1 Is Done!

It’s just a little after midnight as this post is being prepared, and it’s a delightful thought that the final typesetting is now complete, and we are soon to send the first book to the printers!

Publishing has undergone paradigm-shift in recent years; what used to be a laborious and time-consuming exercise is still somewhat laborious, but with several efficiencies added to it in the advent of desktop publishing.

Gone is the need to send work to external agencies; gone is the need for paper proofs (or even for galleys); gone is the risk of committing to lengthy print-runs with the “Who knows how this will turn out?” aspect that so easily would impede a final decision on the if-to or when-to print thinking…

We think you will love the My Coffee Cup Meditations books. We plan for there to be several more following, God willing.

If you like what you read when you get your copy, please go ahead and tell your friends and especially call them to action by sending them to Facebook where they can share the idea with the rest of the world!

Keeping the Focus Clear Even in Short Compass

Putting together a shortened form of the mission statement for the purpose of a Facebook short description was quite challenging. It had to be within 150 characters, not much more than the length of a tweet.

It remarkably focused our attention. Here is how we defined it–see if you agree that it distills the mission statement that follows:

Facebook Description:

Short, Bible-based devotions to help you consider God’s greatness, the wonderful gospel of Jesus, and be better equipped for life here and hereafter.

Website Description:

My Coffee Cup Meditations are short, easy-to-read, engagingly presented devotions based on the Bible, the Word of God. Each reading takes a single idea or theme and develops it in a thought-provoking way so that you are inspired to consider the greatness of God, the relevance of the good news of the life, death, resurrection, and coming-again of Jesus, and are better equipped for life in this world and well prepared for the world to come.

Francis Bacon made the important point that “writing makes a precise man.” Keeping precise in our intentions in the focal points of the readings in My Coffee Cup Meditations is a hallmark. Read them and see if you agree–we think you will–and then share them with your family, friends, and work colleagues!

We’re Live on Facebook!

It’s fun making use of social media to help people become aware of My Coffee Cup Meditations!

Take a look at the Facebook profile HERE, https://www.facebook.com/MyCoffeeCupMeditations/, and be sure to tell your friends about it (and give it as many likes as you would like).

The graphic we used for the header comes from www.publicdomainpictures.net, and conveys just the right image for the page–or that’s what we think!

See you soon on Facebook!