New Book from Cross Your Heart Publications Can Help Busy Parents Balance Their Lives

Loyalhanna, PA, June 19, 2007 --(PR.com)-- It's hard enough for parents to find balance in this busy society. The added stress of children being home all summer can tip the scale. Whether a working mom (or dad), a stay-at-home mom (or dad), or anything in between, it's a shock to the schedule when the kids are suddenly home all day, looking for things to do.

Everyone loves their children. But, when people settle into a routine, it's difficult to shift gears. Now, instead of getting to the bus stop, dance practice, and ball games on time, parents need to figure out child care arrangements and activities to entertain their sons and daughters (who are used to a busy day learning and interacting at school).

What about turning to the Bible with children? Read the Bible, pray together, and attend more church activities like Vacation Bible Schools (where parents can often leave children for an hour or two to run errands or get some much-needed rest).

While reading the Bible and attending VBS may not suddenly improve the daily schedule at every person’s house, starting a pattern can forge positive lifelong habits and deepen a child's relationship with God (as well as a parent’s relationship his or her child). Even further, true life balance can be found in the pages of God's Word, which will help both parents and children well into the future.

Led by a quest to balance her own life, Christian author Christina Downs introduces a unique system of achieving life balance by applying Biblical lessons that appear to contradict one another. In the book Simply Balanced: Bible 'Contradictions' Teach Balanced Living, she describes six sets of Bible paradoxes that actually work together, helping people balance their lives. From contradiction to balance: the method is simple but far from easy.

Start today. Learn to balance life and start young people down the right path.
Christina Downs is a wife, mother, writer, and editor who has struggled with balance in her work and home life. She has over fifteen years of writing and editing experience and education, including technical writing, newsletter articles, and copy editing, and she has taught children's Sunday school (and even helped run a VBS once at a small church).

The nonfiction book is currently available as an ebook for $9.99, and the print book will be on sale by July 8, 2007, for $12.95. The 144-page book may be obtained from the publisher, bookstores, Amazon.com, bn.com, Ingram/Spring Arbor, and other online and specialty gift locations. Books purchased directly from the publisher will be autographed by the author, and all orders shipped from the publisher will include free prayer beads. Order the print book by the end of June and receive the ebook free of charge. Please contact Cross Your Heart Publications, info@crossyourheartpub.com, http://www.CrossYourHeartPublications.com.

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