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CAROL STREAM, Ill., March 31 /Christian Newswire/ -- While millions of people across the world celebrate Easter, this month's issue of the Kyria digizine, available today, is encouraging women to live a life of celebration not just reserved for holidays and special occasions.

Editor Ginger Kolbaba says, "This month's issue of the Kyria digizine is on the spiritual discipline of celebration--the practice of rejoicing in the fact that we know our Creator and that he has made this day. We hope to help women recognize that God, who has always blessed and loved us, will continue to seek our good, which will give us deep, everlasting joy."

Featured is an interview with Shauna Niequist, author of Cold Tangerines (Zondervan). Many Christians put seriousness next to godliness because celebration seems silly or frivolous with everything that's wrong with the world. Niequist, however, says that celebration is noticing the good that still exists in the middle of the broken. This is key to knowing the deep gladness of being alive and one of God's children. Her interview describes her own experiences with learning to celebrate when things seem dark, as well as how to enter into others' celebrations.

The April issue of the Kyria digizine is available to members and features the following articles:

Sacred Celebration
Author Shauna Niequist talks about why celebration isn't just about parties and food. It's much deeper, lasting, and ever-present.
Interview by Ginger Kolbaba

How Our Pleasure Pleases God
Sometimes we forget that delight comes from a good God who loves us deeply.
By Gary Thomas

Happiness is Serious Business
We need to adopt a new theology if we're going to celebrate.
By Greg Lafferty

Living in Color
Too often we settle for the cheap imitations of celebration, without really understanding the richness of its meaning.
By Bonnie McMaken

A Renewed Joy
In the presence of God, our joy can move our soul and bring us strength.
By George Rehberg

Celebration . . . Eventually
The Old Testament's Naomi has a lot to teach us about this spiritual discipline.
By Liz Curtis Higgs

The Joy-Driven Life
Death to deadly earnest discipleship!
By Mark Galli

To see the April 2010 issue of the Kyria digizine in its entirety, become a member of Kyria.com here: http://kyria.com/membership/.

The May 2010 issue will be on the topic of prayer and will feature an interview with Patricia Raybon and articles by Frederica Matthewes-Green, Cindy Crosby, and others.

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