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Journal of Hematology Oncology Pharmacy Named Official Publication of the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association


HOPA is looking forward to our alliance with the Lynx Group and being able to provide the hematology/ oncology pharmacy community with a most-valued resource like JHOP.

The Lynx Group, a global strategic alliance of medical communications and education companies, is pleased to announce that its Journal of Hematology Oncology Pharmacy™ (JHOP) has been named the official publication of the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA). As part of this agreement, JHOP will serve as a platform through which HOPA members can disseminate original findings, exchange best practices and find support for its growing community.

“It’s an honor to know that HOPA and its members find value in JHOP,” says Russell Hennessy, Executive Vice President, the Lynx Group. “We are excited to partner with HOPA in this capacity and to continuing to provide JHOP subscribers with access to consistently high-quality content.”

David DeRemer, HOPA 2020/21 president says, “HOPA is looking forward to our alliance with the Lynx Group and being able to provide the hematology/ oncology pharmacy community with a most-valued resource like JHOP.”

Since its founding in 2011, JHOP has provided hematology and oncology pharmacists with peer-reviewed information relevant to hematologic and oncologic conditions. Content, which is written by and for industry professionals, aims to help the publication’s 5,000 subscribers optimize drug therapy for patients. JHOP is published six times a year.

About the Lynx Group (thelynxgroup.com)

The Lynx Group is a rapidly growing global strategic alliance of medical communications and education companies. Through its unique business model, The Lynx Group strives to provide pivotal and contemporary information and education for all stakeholders in healthcare.

The Lynx Group is the official association management and marketing company of the Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators, Association for Value-Based Cancer Care, and Association for Oncology Practice Management.

About the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (hoparx.org)

Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA) is a nonprofit, education-based organization formed in 2004 to help oncology and hematology pharmacy practitioners and their associates the best possible cancer care. HOPA supports research, provides education, encourages professional development and advocates for health policy issues that improve patient care. HOPA serves more than 2,700 members in the fields of oncology pharmacy, pharmacy administration, and research, and includes pharmacy residents, interns, and technicians specializing in hematology/oncology practice.

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Understanding the Devastation of Sexual Misconduct in the Clergy and Avoiding It


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My hope is that if pastors are alerted to predisposing issues and prepare themselves to address the pertinent issues that place them in peril, we might stem the tide of clergy sexual misconduct

Laura Nelson’s book Avoiding the Potholes: Preventing Clergy Sexual Misconduct ($16.49, paperback, 9781630508814; $8.99, e-book, 9781630508821) is available for purchase.

In Avoiding the Potholes: Preventing Clergy Sexual Misconduct, Laura Nelson discusses sexual misconduct amongst those in church leadership, which continues to be a pressing issue plaguing our churches. It can be likened to a pothole, appearing seemingly overnight with detrimental effects, but what causes the erosion and is there a way to stay clear? With powerful spiritual insight and teaching from God’s Word, Avoiding the Potholes addresses these questions, offering helpful, practical guidance for Christian leaders to avoid falling into this injurious hole.

“In working with our denomination, I witnessed this pain firsthand which prompted me to study why this occurs and consider steps for prevention. My hope is that if pastors are alerted to predisposing issues and prepare themselves to address the pertinent issues that place them in peril, we might stem the tide of clergy sexual misconduct,” said Nelson.

Rev. Dr. Laura Nelson is the Senior Pastor of Olivet Baptist Church in New Westminster BC, where she has ministered the past eleven years. She is a graduate of Biola University, Regent College, and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Laura has a passion for ministry and encouraging people in their walk of faith. Her greatest delight is her two adult daughters.

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Xulon Press, a division of Salem Media Group, is the world’s largest Christian self-publisher, with more than 12,000 titles published to date Avoiding the Potholes: Preventing Clergy Sexual Misconduct is available online through xulonpress.com/bookstore, amazon.com, and barnesandnoble.com.

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National Ramp Urges Disabled Consumers to Be Aware of Their Voting Rights


National Ramp published an overview of the access rights afforded to the elderly and people with disabilities during elections.

“Your physical limitations should never impede your rights, and it’s important for consumers to know that the law is on their side,” said Garth Walker, Managing Director at National Ramp.

Buildings Should Be Accessible

Since polling places are a mix of private and public buildings, some private buildings may not be fully accessible as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Access requirements include ensuring that:

  • wheelchair users can get into buildings and to the polling locations safely
  • people with visual impairments do not bump into protruding objects
  • doors do not require tight pinching or twisting to open

“We’ve worked with municipalities across the country to provide short and long-term access to polling places,” said Walker. “It’s important that we remove the physical barriers that could be preventing a fellow citizen from exercising their civic duties.”

Temporary Modifications Can Help

Temporary low-cost measures can make your site accessible, such as:

  • traffic cones creating accessible parking spaces
  • a commercial modular wheelchair ramp with handrails
  • propping doors open or a poll worker who opens a door when needed
  • using cones to alert a person who uses a white cane to a protruding object
  • the use of clearly marked signs leading to accessible entrances and polling locations

Walker added, “In addition to these temporary physical modifications, your polling place may offer additional modifications, including curbside voting or accessible polling in a separate room. Whatever the accommodation, remember that private and independent voting is your right.”

Advocate For Your Rights

National Ramp also encourages voters to check the list of Resources for Voters with Disabilities published by the US Election Assistance Commission, to call 866-OUR-VOTE for any issues at the polls, or to file a complaint with the ADA, who investigates access violations.

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Alexander B. Okenwa’s newly released “The Errors and Wrong Opinions in the Churches Today” is an illuminating exploration into the truths withheld in God’s book


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“The Errors and Wrong Opinions in the Churches Today: Part One”: a tell-all perspective that helps clear away everyone’s ignorance of the Bible and brings the world some answers to the problems of this time. “The Errors and Wrong Opinions in the Churches Today: Part One” is the creation of published author Alexander B. Okenwa, a fervent believer in Jesus Christ for about four decades. He is a known member of the Assemblies of God Church and taught Sunday school when he was in Nigeria. He has since worked as a private security guard, a substitute teacher, a taxi driver, a personal caregiver, and currently a truck driver. At present, being a writer is a calling for him from the Lord.

Okenwa shares, “Ever since the dawn of time on earth, human beings have been in the dark—spiritually, intellectually, educationally, and relationally. The only cause for these general human handicaps on earth is our general ignorance of the Bible—the only book with accurate records on nature/existence ever written and given to all human beings on earth.

“There is no doubt that the Bible alone holds the truths to all the lies in the world, the solutions to all the problems in the world, and the answers to all the questions that the whole world has been asking since the inception of time on earth.

“The hour has come for the seeming encryptions of the Bible that have resisted for ages past all human efforts toward proper understanding to be uncovered. This means then that all these lies that the world has had, which has locked itself up with these many unsolved problems and unanswered questions, will now be gone forever. Thanks be to God, who has come down to earth to explain for us, human beings, the book (the Bible) whose one and only Author is He.

“In that case, both the ever unsolved problems and the unanswered questions of all humanity will receive the solutions and the answers that it has longed for, as these lies—which are the errors and wrong opinions of the churches—are being discovered and corrected.

“Consequently, we can then live up to God’s mandate of subduing with correct knowledge the earth that is presently under the sway of Satan and his spirit allies, and thus rescuing the world from the societal confusions that it is presently in today.

“These are the goals this book and others in the offing are meant to achieve for us henceforth.”

Published by Christian Faith Publishing, Alexander B. Okenwa’s new book is a truly enlightening piece that highlights the errors and fallacies in the modern church. This will help readers realize what is the actual truth behind the posing ones.

View a synopsis of “The Errors and Wrong Opinions in the Churches Today” on YouTube.

Consumers can purchase “The Errors and Wrong Opinions in the Churches Today” at traditional brick & mortar bookstores, or online at Amazon.com, Apple iTunes store, or Barnes and Noble.

For additional information or inquiries about “The Errors and Wrong Opinions in the Churches Today,” contact the Christian Faith Publishing media department at 866-554-0919.

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User1st Highlights Pitfalls of Automated and AI-Powered Digital Accessibility Solutions


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“Automation and AI is intended to support, but not replace, the human effort in digital accessibility.” – Tom Arnold, Director of Product Management at User1st

User1st, the provider of the most innovative web accessibility solutions on the market, today published an article that explains why companies should be cautious when deploying automated or AI-powered solutions for making their websites and apps accessible to persons with disabilities.

In his article titled “Buyer Beware of Fully Automated Digital Accessibility Software,” User1st Director of Product Development Tom Arnold argues that although automation and AI hold the promises of reducing the overall work required for maintaining accessibility compliance, they only catch about 40% of accessibility errors, which can leave an organization vulnerable to a lawsuit.

“Automation and AI is intended to support, but not replace, the human effort in digital accessibility,” writes Arnold. “Humans use your website and apps, not machines. There is no replacement for human testing when it comes to providing the best user and customer experience. Don’t fall for the false promises of ‘fully automated compliance.’”

Digital accessibility is the ability of a website, mobile application or electronic document to be easily navigated and understood by all users of varied abilities, including those who have visual, auditory, motor or cognitive disabilities. Applying digital accessibility is like translating your website into a different language, only this language supports people with visual, mobility, and even cognitive impairments.

Arnold’s full article is as follows

Buyer Beware of Fully Automated Digital Accessibility Software

By Tom Arnold, Director of Product Management

2020 looks to be a record setting year for digital accessibility lawsuits based upon the number of cases alone filed in January and February. And if your company uses 100% automated or vendor-proclaimed artificial intelligence (AI) accessibility software, you are NOT protected. Indeed, a number of the current lawsuits are against companies that implemented an automated accessibility solution.

By way of background, there are an increasing number of federal and state laws and court cases that require a company’s customer-facing websites, mobile applications, and other digital assets to be accessible to individuals with disabilities (including visual, hearing, and cognitive impairments). Compliance in this legal environment means developing and modifying website elements and content in a manner that can be used and understood by such individuals (e.g., alt-text explanations for images, closed-captioning for video/audio files, appropriate color contrasting for font and background).

Many accessibility technology vendors make promises of fast, easy, and fully automated accessibility solutions. These vendors promise, for example, that within 48 hours your website can be “fully compliant” without any work by your team, without adapting or changing the source code of your customer-facing digital assets, with no manual testing efforts on their part, and with a cost that’s not even a blemish to your budget. Sounds too good to be true, right? In many cases it is.

First, many of these accessibility technology vendors do not even back the quality of their solution or warrant compliance. Indeed, many of these vendors state in their own terms of service that they do not guarantee accessibility compliance for the elements supposedly fixed by their automated solutions and further severely limit their liability if an accessibility issue occurs. More importantly, these vendors often do not explain that their technology solutions only address some limited, very basic requirements for accessibility. Buyer beware of remediation products that do not address the much broader set of user inaccessibility issues.

So, what about that magical automated or AI-powered solution to deliver full web or digital accessibility? While automation and AI has the promise of reducing the work required for accessibility, these 100% guarantees fail manual, human accessibility testing every time, leaving your organization vulnerable to a lawsuit. Automation and AI is intended to support, but not replace, the human effort.

All remediation technologies are not the same. It is worth your time and company’s reputation to understand digital accessibility and the remediation capability you need before you buy. The last thing your organization needs is a second lawsuit (or multiple lawsuits), which is becoming another trend in digital accessibility.

Where to start?

Digital accessibility goes beyond compliance. It’s a business decision to better serve all customers, regardless of abilities, via your website, app, and online communications. Therefore, design an accessibility plan that meets your specific compliance needs, organizational goals, and available resources for testing and remediating your digital assets. Taking a pro-active approach to accessibility can improve your customers’ experience while mitigating risk and protecting your organization from potential lawsuits.

Improving your organization’s accessibility can be a significant internal undertaking. Because your digital services are continuously updated, you need the tools to continuously test and remediate. First, consider the accessibility knowledge of your team and the bandwidth for them to remediate or take on continuous remediation in the future.

Next, determine the current state of your digital assets through automated and manual testing. Even if you have an automated or AI-powered accessibility widget, it is worth the time to test and ensure accessibility, thereby protecting your company’s reputation. Automated testing only catches about 40% of accessibility errors. You can also contract with third party accessibility testing providers for manual testing if your current company doesn’t have the capability. Remember, automated or AI-powered tools are supposed to augment manual accessibility testing efforts, not replace them.

Now you know what’s wrong, how do you fix it? Through reliable remediation tools and solutions. If you have a strong development team, you should be able to fix errors in-house. If you have a smaller or inexperienced team, you may want to work with a vendor to fix any errors.

There are other immediate steps you can take to improving the accessibility of your digital assets. For example, you can add an accessibility statement to your website which communicates your company’s commitment to an accessible customer experience and allows for feedback. Develop a compliance program to ensure that all future digital assets are developed for accessibility.

Here’s the bottom line. Humans use your website and apps, not machines. There is no replacement for human testing when it comes to providing the best user and customer experience. Caring for customers through digital accessibility demonstrates an organization’s willingness to go beyond regulatory compliance. So, don’t fall for the false promises of “fully automated compliance.” Your users deserve better. Your organization’s reputation depends on the right digital accessibility solutions.

Tom Arnold has nearly 10 years of experience in product management, testing, and implementation serving the IT services and banking industries. Tom holds an MBA from Stony Brook University Graduate School and several licenses and certifications, including a Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC) from the International Association of Accessibility Professionals and IBM Applied AI Certification.

About User1st

User1st provides the most advanced web accessibility solutions on the market for testing, remediation, monitoring, and compliance. User1st is the only company that offers both customized short-term fixes and tailored long-term solutions for meeting the international specifications of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Trusted by organizations of all sizes, including Fortune 500 companies and large government organizations, User1st’s solutions are deployed in a variety of industries worldwide, including financial services, retail, government, and healthcare. For more information, visit http://www.user1st.com/ and follow User1st on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter @User1st.

Enquiron And Blind Institute of Technology (BIT) Join Forces


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“We are truly honored to partner with Enquiron,” said Mike Hess, Founder and Executive Director of Blind Institute of Technology. “Enquiron is a true leader, actively recruiting from the people with disabilities community.”

Enquiron® and Blind Institute of Technology (BIT), today announced a partnership to place motivated, qualified professionals from the disabled community in open Enquiron positions. The partnership will also provide Enquiron clients with exposure and access to this diverse workforce to help broaden the definition of diversity and inclusion in their workplaces as well.

“We are truly honored to partner with Enquiron,” said Mike Hess, Founder and Executive Director of Blind Institute of Technology. “Enquiron is a true leader, actively recruiting from the people with disabilities community.”

As two pioneers in their respective industries, Enquiron and BIT bring together a wide variety of talent, technology, content, resources, tools and subject matter expertise to help organizations manage their compliance needs, while simultaneously creating more inclusive and diverse workforces. For over 24 years, Enquiron has been dedicated to helping employers remain compliant and make the best decisions for their organization. BIT is committed to helping these organizations be successful by creating a world in which people with disabilities have the same employment opportunities as their peers.

“We are pleased to expand our partnership with BIT,” said Mike Naclerio, President and CEO of Enquiron. “For Enquiron, BIT’s services are an important component to furthering our core values and diversity and inclusion goals. And for Enquiron’s clients, BIT will serve as an essential knowledge base enabling our clients to expand both their diversity and inclusion visions and physical workplace accessibility. BIT will even help our clients staff their workforces with an incredible talent pool of individuals with disabilities – we encourage all our clients to contact BIT for their next employee recruitment.”

ABOUT BLIND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY:

Blind Institute of Technology™, http://www.blindinstituteoftechnology.org, is an organization with boots on the ground in the Denver metro area working hard to advance the professional opportunities for people with disabilities nationwide. We are a small, passionate team with a dynamic blend of backgrounds, disabilities, experiences, and motivations, doing whatever we can to get the job done. Our message is that professionals with disabilities possess skills and abilities that corporations have overlooked or have yet to discover. Our strategy is to go directly to the C-suites of corporate America to provide a guiding hand into a successful diverse and inclusive culture. Our end goal is always employment. We treasure the moments when someone gets or gives the good news, “You’re Hired!” We work for the day when employment opportunities are truly equal for people with disabilities. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

ABOUT ENQUIRON

Enquiron, http://www.enquiron.com, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, provides consultative business solutions to employers in all 50 states, across various industries, sectors and sizes. Since 1996, Enquiron has revolutionized the way that services impacting Human Resources, Employment Law, Healthcare, Retirement, Cyber Security and more are delivered to and utilized by employers. Enquiron has locations across the United States and is a trusted partner to organizations who need specific answers to specific questions. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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Parents Say Children Found Magical I Am Game Engaging


Magical I Am Inc., developers of a game-based app to help dyslexic children overcome their reading and learning disability, today reported that parents said their children were “really engaged and into it” during demonstration sessions of the product held last Fall.

Magical I Am Inc., is an emerging edutainment application development company that was founded by CEO Bill Allen, who was diagnosed with dyslexia in 1963. Allen, a Georgia State University graduate, was a successful real estate agent who spent seven years as a facilitator for the Davis Dyslexia Correction program based in Burlingame, Calif. Prior to founding Magical I Am, Allen created and developed the Learning to Read Program.

Magical I Am uses three-dimensional imagery and an app-based game format that makes learning fun and easier for dyslexic children. As they make their way through the game, children are able to master abstract words and their meanings, progressing as they conquer each level of the game. The Magical I Am game has been successfully tested in demonstration sessions with dozens of dyslexic and non-dyslexic children.

“My daughter enjoyed the game; it was a positive experience for her,” said Sarah McAfee. “I think she was really engaged and into it.” Joe Pellizzari’s daughter had a similar experience. “She stayed engaged throughout the game,” he said. “I think she found it interesting and it held her attention.”

“The content of the program was very good,” said Rachel Galotti. “My daughter liked the fact that it was digital platform and that is what kids today respond to. It also had a rewards basis which helped to keep her interest in going from level to level. She had a lot of fun with the game.”

The company’s game-based app was developed by longtime game industry veteran and UCLA film school graduate, Sunil Thankamushy, who has also worked for Dreamworks and Electronic Arts. Thankamushy said the demonstration sessions validated the core concepts of the game. “We were very pleased that the children found it easy to understand the game and quickly move thru various levels,” he said.

“As someone who was able to overcome dyslexia, I know the devastating effects it can have, especially on children,” said Allen. “I am also aware that traditional programs are very expensive and often out of reach for most families. In the United States, less than one percent of the dyslexic population can afford the dyslexia correction methodologies available today.”

Magical I Am focuses on the formative ages of kindergarten through the fifth grade. The app addresses the key challenge for the dyslexic or reading impaired child – the mastery of abstract words. It will be extremely affordable for the 99 percent of the families who can’t afford the expensive dyslexic programs being offered today. The company is putting the finishing touches on its first mobile app game, which is expected to launch this spring.

In addition to Allen and Thankamushy, other key leaders of the company are veteran Atlanta entrepreneur, Eric Scharff, who serves as the company’s chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Marcia Hart, who co-developed the Learning to Read Program with Allen, serves as educational director of the company.

For more information on Magical I Am, please visit https://www.magicaliam.com/

Magical I Am Inc., based in Marietta, Ga., is a gaming and educational software development company focusing on programs and tools to help dyslexic children overcome the learning disability. The company is developing Magical I Am, a mobile app game that provides the fun of adventure while negotiating learning challenges that teach children to read abstract words and symbols.

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Nyasha K. Chibangu’s newly released “The Grace Chapter” is a brave reveal in the life of one young girl throughout her battle with illness and her faith journey


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“The Grace Chapter: Conquering The Storm With A Joyful Dance”: a profound healing story of an individual who battled an autoimmune neuromuscular disease that brought difficulties into her life yet she found ways to hold onto her faith in God. “The Grace Chapter: Conquering The Storm With A Joyful Dance” is the creation of published author Nyasha K. Chibangu, a university student raised in the United Kingdom. She’s very passionate about her love for Jesus and sharing the goodness of God to the youth.

Chibangu shares, “This book is an expression of my faith and confidence in God, it is a personal testimony of how God rescued me from the throngs of death, from a disabling and debilitating disease to a new lease of life. It is also a sharing about grace and the mercies of God, yet still this book is a story to inspire, comfort, encourage, and cheer on someone who might be going through something similar to or worse than what I went through. In a sense, this book brings awareness to the rare but dangerous condition called myasthenia gravis and its secondary offshoot, thymoma (cancer of the thymus gland). The underlying message in this context is that it is possible to recover from this condition. The treatment is grueling, but the prognosis can be reassuring.”

Published by Christian Faith Publishing, Nyasha K. Chibangu’s new book is a touching account of one brave soul who shares her life to the readers to inspire healing, hope, and restoration. This manuscript is especially made for the brokenhearted, the hopeless, and to all others who are in deep struggle with life.

View a synopsis of “The Grace Chapter: Conquering The Storm With A Joyful Dance” on YouTube.

Consumers can purchase “The Grace Chapter: Conquering The Storm With A Joyful Dance” at traditional brick & mortar bookstores, or online at Amazon.com, Apple iTunes store, or Barnes and Noble.

For additional information or inquiries about “The Grace Chapter: Conquering The Storm With A Joyful Dance,” contact the Christian Faith Publishing media department at 866-554-0919.

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According to Solomon” is a compelling account of a child who has a wide and extraordinary imagination about Jesus


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“Jesus Is Alive!: According to Solomon”: a stirring story that will teach the readers about the teachings of Christ. “Jesus Is Alive!: According to Solomon” is the creation of published author, Jane M. Cordero, a passionate Christian woman who has a love for children, the elderly, and the vulnerable. She is also a strong advocate for people who are marginalized and not able to advocate for themselves.

Cordero writes, “Welcome to According to Solomon!

“Solomon is a busy ten-year-old little boy who has an active and incredible imagination. He was adopted by a single Christian woman who takes him to church and tries to teach him about Jesus, Bible stories, and Christianity in general.

“Solomon is a very innocent and naive boy that you can’t help but fall in love with. He loves his family, friends, pastors, and most of all Jesus. He loves to try and share Jesus and the Bible stories with anyone who will listen. However, since he is only ten, he often misunderstands and incorrectly restates the things he has learned.

“You are sure to enjoy this witty retelling of a little boy’s version of what happened to the Savior of the world. In this particular story, you’ll learn about The Followers, The Haters, The Pilot, Horrid, and many other obstacles in Jesus’s way. There are even emus in this retelling. Come and follow Solomon in this story as he retells about what happened in Jesus’s adult life, His crucifixion, and His resurrection.”

Published by Christian Faith Publishing, Jane M. Cordero’s new book is an enticing tale that will bring the readers closer to the alive and risen Christ.

In this book, the readers will come to see and encounter all the things that happened in the life of Jesus. With this purpose, Cordero aims to let children know that God has risen from the dead and is alive.

View a synopsis of “Jesus Is Alive!: According to Solomon” on YouTube.

Consumers can purchase “Jesus Is Alive!: According to Solomon” at traditional brick & mortar bookstores, or online at Amazon.com, Apple iTunes store, or Barnes and Noble.

For additional information or inquiries about “Jesus Is Alive!: According to Solomon,” contact the Christian Faith Publishing media department at 866-554-0919.

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