Who We Are
Divine Truth Press is currently a one-woman show under the Inspiration of God. The Name Divine Truth is a combination my name and that of my daughter's, respectively. Diane meaning Divine and Alethea meaning Truth.
It's really funny, when I was about to name her I looked up the name for grace in Greek which is Althea. I didn't quite like the sound of Althea so I softened it with an "e".
Unbeknownst to me, just that small vowel changed the meaning of the name from grace to truth. I didn't discover this until my daughter looked it up herself while in college then told me the meaning. I had recently learned that my name meant Divine. When I heard that her name meant truth, I marveled at how well the two meanings flowed together.
I resolved at that moment that that would be the name of the publishing company I knew I'd eventually start, but I had no idea it would be this soon.
How It All Began...
The road to the establishment of Divine Truth Press innocently began as a result of an entry into the 2006 Lulu Blooker Award Competition. Contestants were to create and publish a book based on the contents of their blog(s). Since that was exactly why I'd begun to blog avidly, participation was a no brainer.
It was also fortuitous that my editor had connections:- Her siblings. One is a graphic artist the other a layout artist. I wheeled and dealed with the Thomson Three and we turned a blog into a blook, uploaded it to Lulu.com and mailed it off by the contest deadline of January 30th in a two week time frame.
That two week period was possibly one of the most exciting moments in my life and on January 18th I spent my day alternating between prayer, pride and weepy praise. A dream twenty-four years in the making had been realized and the ease with which it was done fueled my resolution to keep the publishing torch burning.
Having formerly been a bookseller, I knew that Lulu's printing prices would not work for much more than sales to family, friends and coworkers. The deep discounts needed for book stores, wholesalers and/or distributors would not be possible unless I went a step further in faith to create a Publishing Company.
As a publisher we now have access to Print-On-Demand printers who deal only with publishers, which has cut the production cost per unit by two-thirds. Imagine that! Two-thirds!
So bookmark us and check back for details of our first publication: Age is Just a Number: Adventures in Online Dating as well as updates on our works-in-progress.
Our Mission
What is our mission? Well--not to help you find your purpose, Rick Warren has that covered. Not to expand your boundaries, Bruce Wilkinson has that covered. Not to have a heart like Jesus, Max Lucado has that covered. So then what does that leave us?
- How about Women in Ministry: Called, Separated, Now What? or
- How about the silent tormentors: Addictions, Date Rape, Incest and Mental Illness? or
- Abstinence/Celibacy: Going Against the Grain of Today's Society or
- Teenage issues like suicide, low self-esteem, abstinence
Our aim is to entertain, inform, caution, encourage as we search out and apply divine truth to the daily issues in our lives.