Binding: PaperbackPage Count: 192Publisher: CrosswayISBN#: 9781433501425
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Description: Blends fantasy and allegory to give families and children a fresh look at the wonder of the Incarnation and of the “Christmas” that occurs when God finds a lost sinner.
Dylan loves his family’s yearly vacation to Holiday and wishes it could last all year. When he finds a flyer asking if he’d like to keep Holiday, he encounters a bigger and better Holiday than the one his family has always visited; he also learns that entering it requires the Founder’s authorization. Thus begins Dylan’s quest to meet the one of whom people keep saying: “
You can’t find the Founder; he finds you. He’s not just the Founder, he’s the Finder too .”
As Dylan reads of Holiday’s origins, he experiences a number of adventures and meets characters who represent the sights and sounds he always finds in Holiday—characters who explain how each of these familiarities points to the Founder’s previous rescue of the city’s inhabitants. And the more Dylan learns, the more he longs to personally know the one who holds the key to entering the “
real Holiday .”
Writing for elementary-age children and older, author, teacher, and grandmother Starr Meade offers a book that families can read together, discovering along with Dylan how God brings a person to faith.
Keeping Holiday is also a charming, insightful way to help children grasp the meaning of the Incarnation.
"This is delightful reading that tells the story of God's work in the lives of those who are called according to his purpose. Children from 8 to 78 will be captivated by this spellbinding story."
-- R.C. Sproul, President, Ligonier Ministries
"There is more to Holiday
than meets the eye and more to this book than a story that will enthrall readers. In the spirit of C.S. Lewis, Starr Meade leads us - and our children - to Christ through the wonderful medium of imagination."
-- Michael Horton, J.G. Machen Professor, Westminster Seminary California
-- Susan Hunt, Author of
Spiritual Mothering ,
Women's Ministry in the Local Church ,
Your Home a Place of Grace
"Read Keeping Holiday
if you're weary of it being 'always winter and never Christmas.' Told with skill, imagination, and theologically informed conviction, this book will delight readers."
-- Douglas Bond, Author of
Hostage Lands and
Hold Fast in a Broken World
About the Author Starr Meade
served for ten years as the director of children's ministries in a local church and taught Latin and Bible for eight years in a Christian school. She graduated of Arizona College of the Bible and is the author of two other books,
Training Hearts, Teaching Minds , and
Grandpa's Box .
