Sunday, December 11, 2005
'Holy'day Reads @ our house~
Today, Chris has been working on his design for our Jesse tree, which is a new tradition we're starting this year. Carla has been sharing extensively about her own family's holiday traditions, and Jesse tree devotions...truly inspiring.
You may view some of Ron's beautiful paintings here at the Gallery of Light.
This book is a work of art! Breathtakingly beautiful, and was a gift from my Mom many years ago... Looking through the gorgeous illustrations, which are actually smaller versions of Ron Dicianni's amazing paintings, and reading the scriptures and commentary included, has become an edifying family tradition around here... which has profited many fruitful talks.
By Jim Bishop
We'll be starting this gem of a book this week. I picked it up at a thrift store a few years ago, and we've yet to read it. I've taken a sneak peek, and am pleased that it's interspersed with lovely painting plates, location photos and also a map of the Holy Land during the time of Christ. The story of Joseph and Mary's (and their mule's) adventure is told in a lively and engaging manner.
A review; There have always been questions about the birth of Christ. Even the apostles are scarce on the details of what really happened during Joseph and Mary’s voyage to Jerusalem. What really happened on that night? What could it have been like? Bishop takes a stab at answering some of these questions in the deeply moving book, “The Day Christ was Born.” Written in narrative fashion, Bishop’s view of the birth of Christ offers a dauntingly real perspective on the beginning of a new chapter in Christianity. Bishop takes us on Mary and Joseph’s journey as they deal with the very real world of living under Herod’s rule, as well as Mary’s connections with her family and her cousin Elizabeth, soon to be John the Baptist’s mother.
The life of Christ has always been a fascinating mystery for me. I love the fact that, in this book, I can go step-by-step with them and feel what they might’ve felt. The ideas in this book are only theory, but they are very realistic and based off of what information, both biblical and historical, that is available to study. Bishop has done a masterful job at recreating the first 24 hours of Jesus’ life. Beautiful work. Well done.
A Family Guide to the Biblical Holidays
This wonderful book has been our most valuable standby for many years now. Next to my Bible, it is my most cherished and used homeschooling resource.
As Henry David Thoreau said,
"How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book. The book exists for us to perchance which will explain our miracles and reveal new ones. The at present unutterable things we may find somewhere uttered. These same questions that disturb and puzzle and confound us have in their turn occurred to all the wise men; not one has been omitted; and each has answered them according to his ability, by his word, and his life."
The Family Treasury of Jewish Holidays
by Malka Drucker
Celebrate! Stories of the Jewish Holidays
Pearl's Eight Days of Chanukah
stories and pictures by Jane Breskin Zalben
One Candle
by Eve Bunting, K. Wendy Popp
FROM THE PUBLISHER
"What do you think Grandma wants to do this every year?"
I don't know for sure. But I think it has to do with being strong in the bad time and remembering it in the good time.
Best-selling author Eve Bunting's touching and joyous story about the importance of remembrance is exquisitely rendered by K. Wendy Popp's remarkable pastels. One Candle reaffirms the values of tradition and family, but also shows us that by continuing to honor the tragedies and the triumphs of the past there will always be hope for the future.
One Wintry Night
by Ruth Bell Graham, Richard Jesse Watson (Illustrator)
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