James A. Hopwood

Keeping Christmas

Finding Joy in a Season of Excess and Strife

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Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year--or at least we want it to be. Too often our celebration of Jesus' birthday is overwhelmed by bright lights and tinsel, overspending and overeating, plus constant chatter about a war on Christmas. Can't we do better than this? There are two Christmases. One is sacred. One is secular. The two have clashed in one culture war or another for 1,700 years. Christmas is not (as some falsely claim) a pagan holiday, but pagan-influenced traditions are part of the seasonal clutter.Keeping Christmas is about helping you find joy in a season of excess and strife. Part survival guide, part history, part cul… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-5326-9539-1
EAN: 9781532695391
Produktnummer: 32964253
Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Seitenangabe: 142 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 1'006 KB

Über den Autor

James A. Hopwood is a United Methodist pastor who lives near Kansas City. He's a second-career pastor; his first career was journalism. Though officially retired, he continues to serve small-town churches in Kansas. His wife, Linda, also is a pastor. They have two grown daughters and one grandson.