Foreword by Joni Eareckson Tada
Know someone frazzled, sad, or lonely this Christmas? A Better December by Steve Estes applies Solomon’s Proverbs to holiday stresses. Playful and tiny, this illustrated work would be a good gift for your unbelieving friends as it gently introduces Jesus during a month when they are more receptive.
Combining true, heart-warming stories with pen-and-ink illustrations, the book uncovers and answers our December longings.
Beginning with bite-sized chapters of Solomon's advice to frazzled, lonely people at Christmas, Steven Estes presents the ancient sage as penning his blockbuster Proverbs to help future readers through holiday stress and even sadness. Meant to be shared with all who long for a better December, it points the way to true comfort and a true home.
AUTHOR
Steven Estes, MDiv, is the senior pastor at Community Evangelical Free Church in Elverson, PA. He is the author of A Better December and Called to Die and the coauthor with Joni Eareckson Tada of A Step Further and When God Weeps. He and his wife, Verna, have eight children.
Endorsements
"I've found it! The perfect gift for special friends at the season of the year that's so full of delights and stresses. This unique little gem of a book seems to have managed lightning strikes on every page—surprise lightning strikes of wit and wisdom that wouldn't let me put it down until I'd explored it to the end, an end that came all too soon. Steve, you've done it again—invented a new genre and made it soar."
Robertson McQuilkin, President Emeritus, Columbia International University
"In a uniquely original style, Steve seamlessly merges poetry, narration, and Scripture, with strikingly creative phrasing. A master of prose, poetry, and the Bible, Steve has written a little book that bends and blends genres. A Better December is a winning combo of insightful content about how to 'do life' (Steve's phrase) and innovative style. We enjoyed this little book so much that when we finished it, we immediately reread it—for its profound biblical tracing from Solomon to Someone, for its emphatic message about 'unstuffing' life, and for its fresh use of language and memorable style."
Don and Jenny Killgallon, coauthors of the Sentence-Composing textbook series. Don teaches writing at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County
"In listening and in reading I respond to brevity, clarity, conviction, common sense, and love. That describes both the Proverbs of Solomon and my friend Steve Estes's A Better December. In this little book Steve applies his heart to blending Proverbs with Christmas and delivers a strong dose of longing and joy."
Max McLean, President & Artistic Director, Fellowship for the Performing Arts
Additional Details
- SKU:
- 9781936768677
- Category
- Sub Category
- UPC:
- 9781936768677
- Weight:
- 0.45 LBS
- Width:
- 6.25 (in)
- Height:
- 6.25 (in)
- Depth:
- 0.42 (in)
- Author:
- Steven Estes
- ISBN-13:
- 9781936768677
- Publication Date:
- 10/01/2013
- Retail Price:
- 16.99
- Format:
- Hardback"
- Page Count:
- 96
- Case Quantity:
- 36
- Gender:
- Unisex
- BISAC Category 1:
- REL012040 RELIGION / Christian Living / Inspirational
- Read a Sample:
- https://newgrowthpress.com/content/Samples/A-Better-December-Sample.pdf
