Author Gary Kennedy has penned a Christmas story about a man who is struggling with a difficult situation and his faith. The Jesus Tree Ornaments is a book that sees his main character working through different Bible stories while confronting the possible loss of his son.
Mixed into this story is an attempt to link it to the true Meaning of Christmas.
Personally, there’s a lot here!
On the website for the story, you can actually read three chapters from the book. The first starts out setting the scene—the man, Thomas, reflecting on the state of his only child, and wrestling with the situation that he has found himself in.
Has anyone read this book? It does sound interesting, if a little convoluted from the description on the main page. I might spend some time reading the excerpts to see if it’s right for me.
Actually, I had never heard of this book before, but I’m interested now, lol.
This might be a good place to help you pick out books; I just found it by listening to a podcast by Nancy Leigh DeMoss, and I LOVE it: http://www.discerningreader.com.
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Posted by Lois Lane II | February 25, 2009, 9:59 amThank you for checking out my book “The Jesus Tree Ornaments.” I originally wrote another book called “Why we celebrate Christmas featuring the Jesus Tree Decorations for my children when they were little. This book and the ornaments are free to print out at http://www.jesustreedecorations.com . My second book is actually a book about the first book revealed in the characters in the story. The main purpose in writing it is to share the love of God with everyone so they may discover that every day is Christmas when you have Jesus in your heart. If you read it I would love to hear from you. God bless!
Posted by Garry R. Kennedy | March 11, 2009, 12:06 am