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by themselves? Could you, when you’re on your way home from the grocery store, stop and pick something up and drop it o ?” e book takes the form of a 52-week devotional. At the end of each chapter, there’s a “be an angel” suggestion.

“I want to encourage you, as I’ve been encouraged, to live like an angel on Earth,” Downey wrote in an introduction. “I want you to join me in speaking words of hope to a hurting world,bringing light into darkness…May the words in this book be a blessing to you, and may they encourage each of us to step toward kindness and be a blessing to others.”

After playing an angel for nine seasons on the popular TV series “Touched by an Angel” (1994-2003), actress and Malibu resident Roma Downey has now written a devotional book to inspire other people to become angels in their everyday lives. e New York Times bestselling author’s 15th book, “Be an Angel: Devotions to Inspire and Encourage Love and Light along the Way,” was released last week. e work is a collection of positive quotes and re ections from a variety of thinkers intended to provide the “wisdom, a rmation, and encouragement needed to ignite the power of kindness,” according to the publisher.

A well-attended, celebrity-studded book signing was held at the Bleusalt store in Malibu Country

Mart last Sunday, Feb. 26, as part of the book’s rollout, with people lined up to purchase as many as four or ve copies of the book and get their pictures taken with Roma Downey. Many of the actress/author’s local friends and long-time fans turned out for the event, including model Cindy Crawford, actor Sean Penn and TV journalist Maria Shriver. e quotes in the book come from scripture as well as various writers’ re ections on gratitude, friendship, faith, and courage.

“Be an Angel” is meant to inspire people on how to “be an angel” to others every day, by performing acts of kindness for a family member, a neighbor in need or someone in the community.

In a recent interview with e Christian Post, Downey said, “I think we realize that there’s a lot of isolation and a lot of loneliness and heartache out there ... Who do you know in your neighborhood? Is there some old person