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Faithwords, for review purposes on this blog. No other compensation, monetary or in kind, has been received or implied for this post. Nor was I told how to post about it, all opinions are my own.
In this real-life Christmas fable, when a Dad decides to let his kids select the family Christmas tree, he gets an unexpected lesson about God’s love.
Synopsis:
In this thoroughly contemporary holiday story, a father lets his children choose the family Christmas tree. To his surprise, the kids pick one that is crooked. As he tries one thing after another to make the tree look right, he rediscovers the power of God’s love. He begins to understand Christmas in a new way,
particularly when his family decorates their tree and crown it with a star, never even noticing the crookedness he spent hours in the garage struggling to hide. The tender and laugh-out-loud narrative of real-life relationships propels the reader through the most un-generic Christmas story. This upbeat and comedic treasure refreshes the Christmas message of love and faith.
Review:
Let's admit it. If you have kids, you KNOW they will forgo the 'model' Christmas tree,for the one with character, the one with the bent trunk, the crooked top, the one with the 2 feet top, that will have to be cut for the angel to fit on. In this amazing Christmas book, Damian helps us to not only find the true meaning of Christmas, but what that choice for the crooked tree TRULY means. This is a very small book, but every chapter (of 4-5 pages) will have you not only laughig, but nodding, and then maybe feeling very humbled as Damian relates how he overcame his 'anger' at the Crooked tree, and realized everything it could teach. His teachings are small, but boy do they back a wallop!
I wuld recommend this book for everyone to remind them of why we are Christians and what are faith is truly based on (the ultimate gift). But it is the perfect book for giving to pastors this holiday season, as many will find messages in it, that they too can share with their congregations. If you are the one picking gifts for all yur bible study teachers, THIS is the book to give every one of them. In short, it is THE book we ALL need to read, especially this week, before we get into making our houses look like they came out of an ad, and helping us to slow down and TRULY enjoy the small things of the season!
Giveaway:
One BTHM reader will win their own copy of tis lovely book, in time for the holidays!
About the Author:
DAMIAN CHANDLER was born in Toronto Canada and raised on the island of Barbados. His ministry journey started in a small church housed in the basement of his uncle’s home. With only nine members, the burden of the ministry fell equally on the shoulders of all, including 16-year-old Damian.
That small church created his spiritual hunger and formed the foundation of his call to ministry.
He holds a Masters of Divinity; founded Impact Youth Ministries, an urban youth ministry focused on developing teens with a contagious and fearless faith; and has served churches in Seattle, Huntsville, and now Sacramento, where he is senior pastor of Capitol City SDA Church.
Damian is passionate about ministry but he is even more passionate about family. After years of dedicated pursuit, God gave him the desire of his heart and a partner in life, his wife Tanzy Chandler. They later added to their partnership daughter Zoe and sons Salem and Levi.
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