Download or read book Light of Christmas written by Duncan-Drake, Natasha and published by Wittegen Press (pub-0719819517752728). This book was released on 2020-01-27 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heart-warming set of Christmas tales to entertain and enrich the holiday season. Light of the World - Natasha Duncan-Drake Kit and Sam have been together now for six years and three years ago they renovated and moved into Sam's parent's old house in a small village. Sam wants to revive the family tradition of a huge Christmas party, so what's his reclusive vampire husband to do, but say yes and try and melt into the shadows. Winter's Curse - Sophie Duncan Pippin is worried about her father who is deathly ill. She knows him as Papa C, the rest of the world calls him Father Christmas. Something is very wrong and dark magic is involved. Their only hope is a strange, dangerous woman who frightens Pippin, but she will do anything to save her father.
Download or read book The Light of Christmas written by Thomas Kinkade and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-17 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Christmas! 'Tis the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial fire of charity in the heart."No holiday has the power to captivate our senses or dominate our memories quite like Christmas. And perhaps no contemporary artist has the power to captivate our imaginations quite like Thomas Kinkade. His tranquil, light-infused paintings evoke a world where love, faith, family, and home provide guiding lights for life. In this enchanting book, Kinkade's luminous paintings are accompanied by inspired and joyful words about Christmas from some of history's greatest writers, poets, and thinkers. The Light of Christmas will shine as a family tradition for years to come. Copyright 2005 Thomas Kinkade, The Thomas Kinkade Company, Inc., Morgan Hill, CA
Download or read book The Light of Christmas written by Jess Hansen and published by Dog Ear Pages. This book was released on 2024-09-14 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Christmas, Lily finds everything she was always looking for, right here on Clayton Avenue. When Lily Fairchild runs into her high school sweetheart twenty years after breaking his heart, feelings she thought were long gone come flooding back. A busy single mother with twins about to graduate high school she isn’t sure if there’s room for anyone else in her life. Neil Roberts is back in Holly Oak just in time for the holiday and can’t believe his luck when he runs into Lily. Gorgeous as ever he is ready to pick up right where they left off, but soon realizes that it may take a little convincing. When his own children surprise him with a visit, will this complicate things more or will their families blend together, seamlessly? If dear Rose and Aunt Betty have anything to do with it, they may get a second chance for Christmas after all. If you like second chances, the one that got away, he falls first, medical settings, matchmaking, small towns, tons of family togetherness, baking, bookshop cats and cute dachshunds you will love The Light of Christmas.
Download or read book The Light of Christmas written by Richard Paul Evans and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-10 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Alexander helps an old man instead of going to see the annual lighting of the Christmas torch, he does not realize the reward his kindness will bring.
Download or read book Fragile Ornaments Melting Snowflakes and the Healing Light of Christmas written by Ronald William Cadmus and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2014-12-12 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not all Christmas ornaments sparkle on tree branches. Some are fragile. Easily broken. And joy often disappears like melting snowflakes. We are just like those ornaments and snowflakes. But there is a healing light that can be found at Christmas.
Download or read book Reflections of a Peacemaker written by Mattie J.T. Stepanek and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04-22 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mattie J. T. Stepanek lived and died a child, but he had the spirit of a giant. Affected by a rare and fatal neuromuscular disease, Mattie lived almost fourteen years but in that time became a poet, best-selling author, peace activist, and a prominent voice for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Before his death in June 2004, his five volumes of Heartsongs poetry sold more than a million copies. Reflections of a Peacemaker: A Portrait Through Heartsongs is the final collection of Heartsongs that Mattie was working on when he died. It includes the last poem Mattie penned along with a special collection of unpublished poetry, photographs, and artwork spanning the decade from when he began writing Heartsongs at age three. Culled from the thousands of poems, essays, and journal entries Mattie left behind, the entries in Reflections of a Peacemaker create a portrait of Mattie in his own words. In these poems he explores disability, despair, and death but also the gifts he finds in nature, prayer, peace, and his belief in something "bigger and better than the here and now." The poems are grouped by theme such as playful, stormy, sacred, and final Heartsongs, with each section introduced by a personal tribute from the likes of Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey, Larry King, and former President Jimmy Carter. In the words of Mattie's mother, Jeni Stepanek, who has published Reflections of a Peacemaker at her son's request, "In reading these poems we enter Mattie's world and gain insight through a child who somehow balanced pain and fear with optimism and faith."
Download or read book Recapturing the Glory of Christmas written by R. Albert Mohler Jr. and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2024-10-15 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas should spark worship and adoration, and R. Albert Mohler offers a book that mines the depths of the advent season, and all the theological riches God has gifted to His people. Recapturing the Glory of Christmas is a call to worship and praise. Indeed, Christmas beckons the world to come and adore the Savior King—the King exulted by the angels; the King who took on flesh; the King who deserves all glory, all honor, and all praise. O come! Come and adore Jesus Christ the Lord.
Download or read book Follow the Light to Christmas written by Donna Murphy Perry and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2023-12-06 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to make your Christmas season celebration more meaningful? In Follow the Light to Christmas, author Donna Perry orchestrates a journey to find the real reason we celebrate this holy season. Daily devotions during the Advent season, from December 1 through December 25, lead to an experience that ends in glorifying God in the highest, just as the angels sang. Individuals are encouraged to read the devotions for contemplative quiet times. Parents and grandparents can use it as interactive teachable moments with the children they love. Make this a tradition, and your celebration of the savior’s birth becomes more meaningful each year. Follow the Light to Christmas focuses on reminding us to bring glory to God as we celebrate Christmas. What greater legacy can you pass to those you love than the recognition of God’s glory revealed in his son, Jesus.
Download or read book Messages of Light for Advent and Christmas 2022 written by Michael White and published by Ave Maria Press. This book was released on 2022-08-05 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three minutes is all it takes to change your day for the better. The rich yet uncomplicated daily reflections in Messages of Light for Advent and Christmas 2022 will guide you from the first Sunday of Advent through Epiphany. With practical, everyday wisdom, Fr. Michael White and Tom Corcoran—authors of the bestselling and award-winning Rebuilt—will help you focus on the season of light in the darkest days of winter. You will learn to accept Christ’s light in your own life by embracing the truth and peace he offers, sharing his light with others, and preparing yourself to celebrate the great feast of Christmas. Each day you’ll read a verse or two of scripture, a short reflection, and a simple prayer prompt that will help you draw closer to God. While each devotion can be completed in about three minutes, you’ll reap the comfort and inspiration they bring throughout the day. The book is affordably priced for bulk purchases by Catholic parishes, schools, and other institutions.
Download or read book Advent Devotional Series written by Krista Pack and published by Good Morning Thoughts with Krista. This book was released on 2023-11-27 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Christmas season is a great time for you begin learning more about who Jesus really is and what the Bible really says. Each day from December 1-25, we will open the Bible together to learn more about Jesus, the Son of God. We will uncover more about the how and why of Jesus’ birth here on earth. May God use this to prepare your heart and change your life this Christmas.
Download or read book Lights of Love written by Charles T. Brown and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 1991-06 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faith, Hope, Love, Joy, and The Light Of The World are themes in this candlelighting service for the four Sundays of Advent and Christmas Eve. Each service includes a scripture, message and prayer with optional listing of hymns and calls to worship. Lights Of Love provides a banner instruction section, a Christmas Eve candlelighting suggested order of service, and a brief explanation of the meaning of Advent. In addition to public worship, the services can easily be used in a family worship or Sunday school setting. Charles T. Brown is a pastor in the Maine Conference of the United Church of Christ. He is a graduate of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, and Bangor Theological Seminary Bangor, Maine.
Download or read book Beyond the Grave written by Floyd Vernon Chandler and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What really happens to human consciousness at death? How might love and immortality be related? What is purgatory and do most religions teach the concept of purgatory? What is spirituality? Is the essence of the mystery we call "God" the same for the Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jew, and Muslim? Is it more important what my religion teaches me to believe, or is it more important that my religion enables me to become more loving and compassionate? How might one practice a reverence for life by our food choices? How do we balance work and spirituality? How do we balance spirituality and social-justice work? In this collection of sermons and reflections, Floyd Vernon Chandler suggests that there are many valid spiritual paths to Enlightenment and Holiness. Understanding the mystery we call "God" is akin to the story of five blind men touching different parts of a huge elephant. Each man's description and understanding of the elephant will vary based upon the location of his touch. The importance of any religion is determined by how much our respective spiritual paths lead us to grow in love and compassion for one another and for all other forms of life on this planet. The sermon and reflections found in Beyond the Grave: Love and Immortality express a Universalist theology that all souls will eventually be reunited with the mystery we call "God." Inherent in this collection of writings is the belief that there is truth in all religions and that there are many valid spiritual paths. No religious dogma or ideology has a monopoly on truth.
Download or read book GET READY for CHRISTMAS written by Kerry A. Skidmore and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skidmore supplies material and scriptural references to meet the demands of the season. She provides information and fresh ideas to aid in the celebration of the greatest event in human history. (Social Issues)
Download or read book Leave a Light on for Christmas written by Barb Bissonette and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leave a Light on for Christmas is reminiscent of Christmases past and is old fashioned in its sincerity. It is Christmas Eve. The elderly woman narrating the story is rocking her great-grandchild by the light of her Christmas tree. She proceeds to tell the story behind every ornament on the tree, thereby telling her own life story. The book starts in 1935, covers the war years, and the many important changes that have led up to present day. The story is told year by year, as Christmas comes around and the ornaments on the old woman's tree reflect the changes and events of her life. Set in present day, the narrator reflects back on her childhood until gradually her life story is told, one Christmas at a time.
Download or read book Light of Lights written by Robin Pippin and published by Upper Room Books. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Advent book invites readers to commit to the practice of daily prayer. The collection of meditations from The Upper Room daily devotional guide is arranged to coordinate with the themes of the four candles on an Advent wreath: Hope, Love, Joy, and Peace. Meditations are included for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and the Sunday after Christmas. A complete Leader's Guide for small groups and instructions for making an Advent wreath are included.
Download or read book Great is the Mystery written by Joe Paprocki and published by LiturgyTrainingPublications. This book was released on 2013 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives people the tools that they need to effectively catechize about liturgy, using sound methods of liturgical catechesis that encourage people to enter deeply into the liturgy and break open what they have experienced through discussion and reflection. This book is ideal for anyone who needs to catechize about liturgy, including directors of religious education, RCIA catechists, liturgy directors, and pastors.
Download or read book Let s Go to the Mountain written by Debra Whittington and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Let's Go To The Mountain" is a daily devotional for those who are looking up to the Lord for help in his or her every day life. Have you ever felt God call you to do something that you felt was impossible? Have you faced disappointments, death of loved ones, or disabling illness? Do you like anecdotes about animals and nature? If the answer is "yes" then this book is for you. Author Debra Whittington claims that if God can use her despite her lack of formal education in Journalism, then He can use anyone! This book chronicles fifteen years of the author's life and those around her as God uses the usual and the unusual to teach life's lessons. Debra Whittington and her husband Mark are native New Mexicans living near historic Route 66 with their dog "Gracie." They operated a motel on the famous road for 28 1/2 years before retiring in 2004. Debra's writing experience started with a historical column with the local newspaper, "The Quay County Sun" in 1991. She has written her religious column, "Notes From The Church Lady" for the past 15 years. This is Debra's third book. The first, "History of First Baptist Church" was written for the church's 90th anniversary in 1994. It was followed by a local history of the area "In The Shadow Of The Mountain: Living in Tucumcari in 1997. Her work has also appeared in New Mexico Magazine. Debra and Mark are active in their church working on various committees and coordinating "Trailblazers" the senior adult ministry of the church.
