"Reader's Guide Inside"--Cover. Originally published in hardcover and in slightly different form in the United States by Shaw books, an imprint of Waterbrook, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, in 1998.
Contents:
Epiphany: One king's epiphany. Redeeming all brokenness -- Born once -- Life -- a gift -- Time and space turned upside down -- Coming, ready or not -- Advent, 1971 -- Forever's start -- Hush! Incarnation: The first coming -- Transfiguration -- What have we done to Christmas? -- Story -- Creed -- In human flesh -- This birth has death forevermore confused -- Impossible things -- Maker of the galaxies -- A galaxy, a baby -- That newness. Epiphany: Miracle on 10th street -- Summer's end -- Calling, calling -- A Thanksgiving weekend -- A child's prayer -- That tine flame -- Crosswicks: an old pattern -- The glory -- Into the darkest hour -- An open window -- The eve of Epiphany -- An offering of love -- Making worlds: a child's prayer -- The light of the stars -- An icon of creation -- A deepening vision -- Revealing structure -- A promise of spring -- Anesthetics -- One king's epiphany. Glorious mystery The birth of wonder. The glorious mystery -- This tiny baby -- Falling into sentimentality -- January: with my own eyes -- O Simplicitas -- The promise of his birth -- Mary speaks -- More than we can do -- The furthest reaches of time and space -- Atomic furnaces -- Soaring -- Wonderful mix of creation -- This extraordinary birth -- After annunciation -- The Bethlehem explosion -- The other side of reason -- The birth of wonder. Celebration: The twenty-four days before Christmas: an Austin family story. The wise men -- Annunciation -- Opposing parallels: a journal entry -- Bearer of love -- O Sapientia -- A time of hope -- A full house: an Austin family story -- Christmas gifts -- Tree at Christmas -- Royal alchemy -- Joy -- For Dana -- Saying yes -- Joyful in the newness of the heart -- A winter's walk -- The gift of Christ -- Moving towards Lent -- All heaven with its power -- Prayers for peace. Celebration: Love's incarnate birth -- Most amazing word -- First coming -- Gratitude -- Such smallness -- A call to jury duty -- Eighty-second street -- Homemade decorations -- Chamonix -- The twenty-four days before Christmas: an Austin family story.
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