'Soulbare' Shareables
Soul Bare social media campaign
Thank you in advance for sharing your enthusiasm for Soul Bare. The goal of this campaign is to shed light and open up conversation for the many Christians that feel their pain is too great or their sin is too shameful for redemption to be experienced. The head knowledge of forgiveness and grace is understood but often not felt. Through your stories readers will find hope because they feel commonality with the writers and your experiences.
Soul Bare will be available at most retailers by July 19, though it will be available at ivpress.com soon.
The campaign begins as soon as you get this email and will run through Christmas. This site is public so feel free to share it with others that may want to use the shareables.
https://ivpress.atlassian.net/wiki/display/RES/%27Soulbare%27+Shareables
There are ten ways to share and three overall time frames that may help shape your sharing. We offer this information as general guideline but please feel free to improvise. There is one promo that is time sensitive the pre-pub promotion offer. Please share that more than once, with one time being the week before it expires.
Summer Reading: June and July
Women's Ministry or Reading Groups: Aug, Sep, Oct
Christmas Gift Buying: Nov, Dec
1. Book Cover
Link the cover to the bookseller of your choice: amazon, Barnes and Noble, CBD or ivpress.com.
2. Pre-pub Special
30% off, plus FREE shipping*
Coupon Code 506-540
Order at ivpress.com/soulbare
Offer expires July 6, 2016
Sorry, US orders only.
*When you initially place your order your cart will reflect shipping, but you will NOT be charged shipping when your credit card is processed.
3. IVP book page
You can use the URL www.ivpress.com/soulbare (or the longer version http://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/code=4326)
4. Use the hashtag #soulbare
On Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, anywhere on social media.
5. Contributor Graphics
6. Select Videos
Shannan Martin Soul Bare video
For embedding on your website.
You Tube video for sharing on social.
7. Endorsements and Reviews
"I held my breath, I cried, I shuddered, I whispered prayers, I ached. Most of all, I fell more deeply in love with Jesus through these words and stories. I can't help but think how wide and deep and long this love is that finds us all so broken and yet so beautiful."
—Idelette McVicker, founder and editor-in-chief, SheLoves Magazine
"What does it mean to be 'authentic'? We give the word a lot of reverence, but actually stepping out in authenticity remains a frightening prospect for many of us. There are those parts of our lives that we would rather not acknowledge, that we would rather forget, that we assume would isolate us if they were found out. Soul Bare is proof that authenticity never isolates, but always invites new growth and community. Any reader is bound to find him or herself in these pages somewhere."
—Matt Appling, author of Life After Art and Plus or Minus
"So often Christian books offer us a well-intended formula for healing—one we've heard so often, we've got it down pat. But what happens when the formula fails in real life? What happens when the right ingredients or the proper measures still leave us empty in despair instead of full with promise and hope? Soul Bare won't offer you a formula. You won't turn the final pages armed with a ready-made antidote for brokenness or a cure-all salve for sin. What you will find is raw realness: uncensored stories by real people wrestling with the grit of real life. Lean in deep to Soul Bare. Your wounds have a place here. Your heart will find a home between these pages. You will see your real self in these stories. And you will glimpse our real God."
—Michelle DeRusha, author of Spiritual Misfit
"If you harbor any doubts that God is present in the broken places, let this prayerful chorus of voices dispel them. Soul Bare is a psalm to what is hard and holy, a glorious song of praise to a God who reaches into darkness and blesses even our deepest wounds."
—Esther Emery, writer
"These stories are brave, honest, and lyrical: a mosaic of shadows and light. As I turned these pages, I felt like I was being invited to glimpse a sacred cross section of the human experience. Suffering. Celebration. Despair. Hope. Sin. Forgiveness. And through it all an unmistakable thread of relentless redemption."
—Micah J. Murray, writer
"Wading through the waters of Soul Bare, I felt I'd been entrusted with something precious. These pages are filled with the all-too-true and all-too-resonant stories of real people who have loved, lost, sinned, survived, hoped, and healed. The fact that these contributors happen to be gifted writers only makes the reading that much better. They are in essence 'going first,' bringing their scars into broad daylight so the rest of us will follow—and Lord knows we need to. It's way too easy to hide behind small talk and Christian cliche. You can get away with it for quite a long time, but real life begins in real relationship. And relationships are born of vulnerability. We've got to learn to drop our masks and be human together. I'm grateful beyond words to the brave women and men who shared their humanity and God's goodness on the pages of this book. It's an absolute gift."
—Christa Wells, award-winning singer/songwriter
8. Table of Contents
Part One: Letting Go
More for You Than This—Shannan Martin / 15
Dark Clouds and Abundant Grace—Trillia J. Newbell / 21
Cold, Dark Ground—Jennifer J. Camp / 25
Towers and Canyons—Serena Woods / 31
Captivity—Kris Camealy / 37
The Root—Angie Hong / 45
The Waging and the Waiting—Tammy Perlmutter / 51
The Yearbook—Linda Basmeson / 59
Of Old Mirrors and New Doors—Kelli Woodford / 65
Part Two: Leaning In
Liquid Courage—Amy Smith / 73
Joy to the World! Really? Where?—Deana Chadwell / 79
Nuance—Seth Haines / 85
Pain and Holy Ground—Christina Gibson / 91
When I Pursued Joy—Monica Sharman / 97
Wrestling with God in the
Art House Theater—Karissa Knox Sorrell / 101
A Broken Love Story—Lindsey van Niekerk / 107
Metamorphosis—Joy Bennett / 115
Breathing Room—Tanya Marlow / 121
Part Three: Hope and Healing
Tie to the Deep—Tara Pohlkotte / 131
Teenage Heretic—Amy Peterson / 135
Letters of Intention—Sarah Bessey / 141
Striptease—Sheila Seiler Lagrand / 147
Without People Like You—Sarah Markley / 151
The Choreography of God—Holly Grantham / 157
Redemption Looks Beautiful on You—Shelly Miller / 161
You’re Not Alone—Holley Gerth / 165
Gravity—Emily P. Freeman / 171
Breathing Fresh Air—Mandy Steward / 177
Look at Me, Daddy!—Dan King / 183
The Cup—Jennifer Dukes Lee / 187
Lost and Found—Cara Sexton / 193
9. Ebook availability
Soul Bare — http://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/code=9439
10. 'Soul Bare' Sampler
Start reading now. SoulBareExcerpt.pdf