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Harold Lawrence Myra

Born: 1939 in Camdon, New Jersey
Pen Name: Harold Myra

Connection to Illinois: Harold Myra lives in Wheaton, Il. He was at one time the publisher of Christianity Today.

Biography: As a leader of Christianity Today International, Harold was instrumental in creating an extremely successful nonprofit organization. Behind his leadership CTI vastly expanded the number of magazines it publishes and the audience it reaches. The CTI website explains that more than 2.5 million readers currently receive the organization's 11 publications that include Christianity Today, Leadership Journal, Campus Life, Today's Christian Woman, Marriage Partnership, Christian History & Biography, Your Church, Today's Christian, Books & Culture, Christian Parenting Today, and Men of Integrity. In addition, CTI reaches additional people with these online offerings: PreachingToday.com, BuildingChurchLeaders.com, and the Christianity Today online magazine.Harold Myra is now retired.


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Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

Website: http://leadernetwork.org/harold_myra_july_05.htm
Harold Lawrence Myra on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=harold++lawrence+myra


Selected Titles

Easter bunny are you for real? /
ISBN: 0849914930 OCLC: 37902296

Tommy Nelson, Nashville : ©1998.

Two children learn about the origins of the Easter bunny and other symbols and customs associated with Easter.

  Escape from the twisted planet /
ISBN: 0849929490 OCLC: 10029076

Word Books, Waco, Tex. : [1981]

Halloween, is it for real?
ISBN: 9781400306305 OCLC: 61692019

Tommy Nelson, Nashville, Tenn. : ©2005.

Teaches a Christian view of Halloween by presenting it as a holiday on which to celebrate God's victory over evil and evil spirits.

Halloween, is it for real? /
ISBN: 0849914949 OCLC: 36909845

Tommy Nelson, Nashville, Tenn. : c1997.

Teaches a Christian view of Halloween by presenting it as a holiday on which to celebrate God's victory over evil and evil spirits.

Is there a place I can scream?
ISBN: 0385099886 OCLC: 1229357

Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y. : 1975.

Morning child /
ISBN: 0310462215 OCLC: 30625987

Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Mich. : ©1994.

Santa, are you for real? /
ISBN: 0849914922 OCLC: 37155763

Tommy Nelson, Nashville : c1997.

Convinced that Santa Claus does not exist, Todd learns the true facts from his father.

Surprised by children :
ISBN: 0310234654 OCLC: 45392719

Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Mich. : ©2001.

Thanksgiving :
ISBN: 1400300061 OCLC: 49285591

Tommy Nelson, Nashville, TN : ©2002.

As they prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving Day, Todd and his family discuss the meaning of the holiday and its relationship to their Christian beliefs.

Thanksgiving, what makes it special?.
ISBN: 1400306701 OCLC: 946948562

Thomas Nelson Inc, [Place of publication not identified] : 2005.

The choice /
ISBN: 0310586011 OCLC: 26012602

Zondervan Pub. House, Grand Rapids, Mich. : ©1992.

The leadership secrets of Billy Graham
ISBN: 0310255783 OCLC: 57966057

Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Mich. : ©2005.

The Leadership of Billy Graham offers twenty-one essential leadership principles that distill the essence of inspired leadership for today's leaders in church, parachurch, academia, government, and business.

The Leadership Secrets of Billy Graham /
ISBN: 031028788X OCLC: 192081207

Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan : 2008.

"Offers twenty-one essential leadership principles that distill the essence of inspired leadership for today's leaders in church, parachurch, academia, government, and business."--Cover.

  The one year book of encouragement :
ISBN: 1414334281 OCLC: 644694082

Tyndale House, Carol Stream, Ill. : ©2010.

"In The One Year Book of Encouragement, Harold Myra identifies seeds of wisdom from these--and other--favorite spiritual guides, from which he develops daily messages of hope and inspiration--messages to give us strength and encouragement in tough times"--p. [4] of cover.

The shining face :
ISBN: 0310587719 OCLC: 27429522

Zondervan Pub. House, Grand Rapids, Mich. : ©1993.

Mela, a young blind woman of noble birth, is haunted by a prophecy that a blind princess will carry light down into the terrifying underground world of perpetual night. Forced to accept this heroic role, she and her companions carry a lamp into the planet's depths.

 

 

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