{"id":124713,"date":"2023-11-07T20:12:22","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T01:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=124713"},"modified":"2023-11-07T20:12:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T01:12:22","slug":"bright-communications-presents-our-newest-book-coin-and-dagger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=124713","title":{"rendered":"Bright Communications presents our newest book&#8230;  COIN AND DAGGER"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/h2>\n<h2><em>COIN AND DAGGER<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Matthew was a tax collector in Roman-occupied Galilee. Despite his comfortable life, he was scorned and shunned by his fellow Judeans. To them, Matthew was a traitor who lined Rome\u2019s coffers, and his own, at the expense of the people of Galilee.<\/p>\n<p>Simon was a Zealot&#8211;loyal to God, the Judean people, and their traditions. Not content to see God\u2019s people suffering, Simon was ready and willing to take up arms to free his homeland from Rome\u2019s oppression and pagan influence.<\/p>\n<p>Their paths had crossed before. Now a Nazarene teacher has arrived in Capernaum with new ideas and a new purpose that challenges both their worldviews in unexpected ways. Despite their differences, Matthew and Simon confront their shared history and divergent ideals as they embark on a new mission that meets strong resistance from both sides.<\/p>\n<h2>Jac Filer<\/h2>\n<p>Jac Filer is a lifelong resident of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he presently lives with his family and his dog. Since 2020, he has been enjoying a second career as a freelance Christian writer, and he is an ongoing contributor to multiple blogs, websites, and devotional apps. <em>Coin and Dagger<\/em> is Jac\u2019s first novel.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nMolly Weinrib<br \/>\nBright Communications<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/brightcommunications.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/brightcommunications.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bright Communications LLC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bright Communications LLC is a woman- and veteran-owned independent publishing company in the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. Jennifer Bright founded Bright Communications LLC in 2004, fueled by her love of books and helping people.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, the company has grown from a small one-woman business providing editorial services to other publishing companies to a robust organization employing more than 25 independent professionals and publishing more than 35 books a year in most book categories, including fiction, health, inspiration, parenting, memoir, and children\u2019s books.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0 COIN AND DAGGER Matthew was a tax collector in Roman-occupied Galilee. Despite his comfortable life, he was scorned and shunned by his fellow Judeans. To them, Matthew was a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=124713\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bright Communications presents our newest book&#8230;  COIN AND DAGGER<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124714,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/coin-and-dagger.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124713"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/124714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}