Great Gift Ideas for Christmas in July

    Does anybody ever actually give Christmas gifts in July? If you want to, here are a few good ideas.

 

When Christians get it wrong by Adam Hamilton. I waffled some about whether to include this book. Not because I didn’t like it. I did. But the title. It seemed kind of discouraging. Finally I decided to share it. It’s not discouraging. The author talks much about how Christians are getting it right. He talks about how we may lose a generation of young adults if we don’t figure out how to share love the way Jesus did.

 

I've got a home in glory land: a lost tale of the underground railroad by Karolyn Smardz Frost. History of the Underground Railroad, starting with slavery in Kentucky in the early 1800s. The book follows one family of runaway slaves through to the 1890s. A great narrative of the history of slavery in America. Describes the lives of escaping slaves, fleeing to Canada, both before and after the Civil War.

 

the ONE TRUE LOVE of ALICE-ANN by Eva Marie Everson. A story of those left at home during World War II, and of those who came home.

 

Murder, She Wrote: A Killer Christmas by Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Farley Moran. Based on the TV series “Murder She Wrote,” a brand-new Jessica Fletcher story, with texts and computers and all. I found this new story of an old favorite series delightful, with some familiar characters and some fun new ones.

 

Left to tell: discovering God amidst the Rwandan holocaust by Immaculée Ilibagiza and Steve Erwin. This young woman tells of how she survived the 1994 killing in Rwanda by being shut up for three months with five to seven other women in a tiny bathroom. The story is told clearly and beautifully, and she tells how she leaned on Jesus to help her survive during and after the killing.

 

Evergreen by Susan May Warren. A Christmas story about losing family, gaining new family, and about forgiveness.