“They provide personal quiet time and are great for reading biblical content in a digestible way.”īut not all Christian publishing houses offer devotionals every season. “Devotionals will always have a presence in the market, especially with the busyness of today,” says LaRae Weikert, senior v-p and publisher at Harvest. Some houses have published devotionals since they opened their doors, including Harvest House, founded in 1974 and still introducing new titles every season. And more than 40 years ago, Norman Vincent Peale’s Guideposts organization became a pioneer in serial devotionals with Daily Guideposts, which collects material from Guideposts magazine into volumes sold via mail order and online as well as through Zondervan. Some have been remarkably durable: Hind’s Feet in High Places, originally published in 1955 and still available from w reader favorite. Devotionals-daily, weekly, and monthly short readings intended to inspire and strengthen readers’ faith-have grown increasingly more important to Christian publishers since their debut in the 1920s.
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