2014 Wilbur Awards

Recognizing Excellence In Communicating Religious Issues, Positive Values And Themes In The Public Media

An Interfaith Association Of Professional Communicators Founded In 1929 religioncommunicators.org Celebrating 85 years!! Congratulations! reetings to the 2014 Wilbur AwardG s winners. I would like to Books Fiction personally congratulate each Wilbur Awards Winners and every one of you. On behalf The First Phone Call from of the Religion Communicators Heaven, Mitch Albom, Council (RCC), I want to thank HarperCollins Publishers you for your efforts to tell stories of faith and religious values in the mainstream media.

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