Living Now Book Award

It's not often one gets a medal in the mail. But that was my pleasant surprise when I opened a package from Judson Press.

Our book Hope for Children in Poverty was awarded a bronze medal from Living Now Book Awards. This award is presented by the Jenkins Group, which is "dedicated to promoting books that enlighten readers, bring families together, and make the world a safer, healthier place," says founder Jerrold Jenkins.

This award joins two others: Hope for Children in Poverty has also been recognized as a finalist in the Social Change category of the National Best Books 2007 Awards and as "notable" in the Culture category of the Eric Hoffer 2008 Book Awards. It was also the ABC Reads selection in 2008.

Since I got a medal, I get to make a speech: Thanks again, Judson Press for publishing Hope for Children in Poverty. Thanks to my colleague and co-editor Ron Sider, and to all the contributors who made this book possible. Most of all, thanks to the untiring and mostly unsung ministries around this nation serving children in poverty, and to the children who make it all worth it.