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By Kevin Lee
• John Blase: Touching Wonder: Recapturing the Awe of Christmas, David C. Cook
A TRULY imaginative re-telling of the Christmas story of Luke 1 and 2. Using
multiple first-person viewpoints, the birth of Jesus is realized through the
eyes and experiences of unlikely people: a frightened teenaged girl, a worried
carpenter, a collection of senior citizens and a disillusioned young shepherd.
They meet up with the divine – and end up, as we all do, rejoicing. This is a book to bring out each
Christmas. It’s based on The Message paraphrase, and features a beautiful design complete with striking line
drawings.
• Stan & Jan Berenstain w/Mike Berenstain: Berenstain Bears’ Christmas Tree, Zondervan
What parent can’t recite complete, multiple editions of The Berenstain Bears? Now the son of Stan and Jan is delivering a fine second generation of books for
Christian readers.
While searching for a tree for the Bear Family’s tree house, the bears learn a lesson in kindness and respect for others. Well
told, and retold, for bears young and old.
• Mark Gilroy: A Classic Christmas, HarperCollins
An illustrated gift book that celebrates the spirit of the Christmas season with
selected literature and verse.
With spiritual reflections from great Christian thinkers such as Frederick
Buechner, C.S. Lewis and Pope John Paul II, from Dietrich Bonhoeffer to Billy
Graham – as well as contributions in literature and verse from Laura Ingalls Wilder,
Charles Dickens, Hans Christian Andersen and Mark Twain – this is another book which will inspire for many years to come.
It’s a book to give away, read in winter solitude or with a gathering of friends.
You will find here a passionate celebration of the Saviour.
• The Jesus Series – Christmas, Thomas Nelson
This DVD is the latest release in the popular Read & Share Bible – introducing children to the life of Christ, in this first volume of a new
trilogy. The story of Christmas is a full half-hour presentation of Jesus’ arrival as a baby.
The excellent narration, 3-D animation style and gentle music let children
experience the Christmas story and come to understand the biblical background.
A warm, powerful video for 3 – 7 year olds.
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• Ed Dobson: The Year of Living Like Jesus, Zondervan
For those who read The Year of Living Biblically, this is a grace-filled, challenging redirection of that theme.
Pastor Ed Dobson chronicles his year of living like Christ and obeying his
teachings. Dobson discovers that living like Jesus is quite different from what
we imagine. Over the course of his year, he transitions from someone who
follows Jesus to someone who emulates his lifestyle.
This change takes him into bars, inspires him to pick up hitchhikers and deepens
his understanding of suffering. We might all try this in 2010.
• Shane Claiborne & John Perkins: Follow Me to Freedom, Regal
As prophetic voices, Shane Claiborne and John Perkins lead the way in this move
to be the hands, feet and heart of Jesus.
Claiborne, author of Irresistible Revolution, is a young, self-proclaimed reformed redneck.
Perkins is an African-American civil rights leader who was almost beaten to
death by police in Mississippi, and went on to found a reconciliation movement;
he wrote Let Justice Roll Down.
Together they share a timely message for ordinary people willing to take radical
steps to see real change happen. They offer practical ways to live out God’s promise of freedom in the 21st century. Followers of Christ will be inspired – and moved into action. Another challenging book to start 2010.
Kevin Lee owns Sign of the Fish Bookstore in North Vancouver.
Contact: signofthefish.ca.
November 2009
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