Bethlehem Angel

By S.C. Moore

New for ADVENT 2017 • CHRISTIAN CHRISTMAS INSPIRATIONAL FICTION • A new Classic Christmas Short Story for those who are too busy, too exhausted and too overwhelmed to do Christmas again! This Advent prepare your heart for the coming of the Christ Child with this devotional and thought-provoking tale. An unlikely cast of characters take their own paths that lead to many places and yet are intertwined in an unexpected Christmas discovery.

A grouchy old man in a small town who hates the church next door...

A US soldier in Afghanistan patrolling for insurgent activity...

A conquering master of corporate business in a city high rise executive suite...

All hearts are brought to hope at the manger in Bethlehem.  Even at times when they are not even looking for it.  This exciting classic short story is woven between famous quotes from C.S. Lewis, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Luther, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and others. In a world of complexity, doubt and abandoning traditions like Christmas, this amazing story will inspire your devotion to God and enrich your soul. Bethlehem Angel will help you encounter Christmas as never before and is the perfect holiday celebration for your family.

• Language: English
• Publisher: S.C. Moore
• Release date: Nov 25, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386621324

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Bethlehem Angel

Christmas Isn't Dead Yet

by

S.C. Moore

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Copyright

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or, if real, are used fictitiously.

Copyright © 2017 by S.C. Moore

All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a review.

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Dedication

For all those who believe

Christmas is God's territory,

and that He loves to share.

Introduction

Walk into any room and say the word, CHRISTMAS in a calm but firm manner. Note the variety of responses by the people in that room. Did anyone throw something at you?

Christmas has been skipped, left behind, overdone, over commercialized, highly processed, ignored, blown up, left for dead, defaced, mocked, deranged, trampled on and torn to shreds. Must there be a Black Friday every month of the year? And here comes December, we'll do it again.

I celebrate Christian Christmas so the nativity is central for me. Christmas is something I do but more importantly it is something God has done. I am embarrassed when Christmas rolls around again all too quickly and I am too depressed to celebrate. Too exhausted. I have been in work scenarios where people complained incessantly about celebrating Christmas. They hate the Christmas decorations! They hate the Christmas music! They hate Christmas parties! They hate Christmas presents! Even when it is secular. Sometimes I look around at society and think, Wow, Christmas is a goner! But then faith whispers, It ain't so!

THIS IS AN ADVENT STORY

I was asked to come up with a program for the Ladies Advent Brunch at church (Christmas Tea). We'd like an Advent story. Carol chimed in. Advent. Advent. How many Advent stories do you know? Since I couldn't find even one I wrote this one.

What is Advent? I hear you say. Why it is the act of preparing for Christmas. It is preparing your heart