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The Modern Magi – Carol Lynn Pearson

In “The Modern Magi: a Christmas Fable” by celebrated author Carol Lynn Pearson, we meet Annabelle Perkins, a woman of slightly advanced years who has one dream: to visit the Holy Land. In her possession is a small bronze lamb that has been passed down to her by her mother, along with the idea that someday, that lamb would be taken to Bethlehem and left there as a gift for the baby Jesus. Annabelle is not in good health anymore; her heart could give out at any time, and she knows that if she is to make that trip to … Continue reading →

Mr. Finnegan’s Giving Chest – Dan Farr

Christmas shouldn’t end just because the day itself has come and gone. With that in mind, I’d like to share with you one of the gifts our children received from their grandparents this year – a picture book entitled “Mr. Finnegan’s Giving Chest.” Maggie is a bully. She enjoys picking on children at school and has very little compassion for their feelings. It gets worse around Christmas time. She hates the season; it brings out all of her little beasty tendencies. One day Maggie’s coat gets snagged on a fence while she’s chasing a little boy from school, and she … Continue reading →

Skipping Christmas – John Grisham

Author John Grisham, most famous for his thrillers “Time to Kill,” “The Firm,” and “The Pelican Brief,” departed from his normal genre to write “Skipping Christmas,” and took a hit from the critics because of it. The movie based on the book, “Christmas with the Kranks,” also tanked at the box office. With all this negative press, I got curious and picked up a copy of the book. Our story begins with Luther and Nora Krank taking their daughter Blair to the airport the Sunday after Thanksgiving. Blair has joined the Peace Force and is going to Peru. Nora is … Continue reading →