Pursuing the Christ, by Jennifer Kennedy Dean

In Pursuing the Christ, Jennifer Kennedy Dean explores the very familiar in a unique way. The Christmas story for many of us has become too familiar and overly commercialized. In this 31-day devotional book Dean explores the fear of the elements that weighed heavily, the exhausting fatigue of a young girl in labor, the bleak surroundings and absent mother, and the love of God on display for all of the world to see. The King of the universe came and breathed his first breath. He left the throne room of God for the stable. The aromas of Heaven exchanged for the harshness of earth’s dust and fume. The exquisite love and devotion of God is intimately written in beautiful morning and evening devotional thoughts. I have been re-awakened to a new perspective. I have been challenged to rethink my descriptions. May you allow the love of God to shape your heart and His power to change your mind. Let December slow a little. Take in a freshness while Pursuing the Christ. You will want to year after year.