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(More customer reviews)The subtitle expresses the focus of the book: "A Treasury of Gaither Christmas Songs, Reflections and Holiday Traditions." Gloria recounts family experiences around their Christmas celebrations. These join her thoughtful and creative reflections on the Bible stories of the birth of Jesus, including related perspectives from various family experiences.
Gloria writes these reflections around her actual compositions from the Gaither family experiences over a 40-year period. The included CD presents 10 of these songs, a pleasant addition to the Christmas collection in my CD rack and on my computer.
I was impressed with how well-read she is in a wide range of contemporary and classical authors and topics. She draws upon insights from a wide range of teachers and writers. Gloria's meditations are not deeply theological in the abstract, but she focuses on life-skill meanings of faith.
While this was not particularly intellectually rewarding, I found her reflections a welcome relief from the sometimes stultifying formalized views that force faith into the stratosphere. Gloria is grounded in real life, around the ho9me and family, where the key decisions of life are considered, determined and evaluated.
Some readers will be pleased at the surprising last section of the book, a collection of Gaither family recipes for the Christmas season. I found the work somewhat homey and nostalgic, without being sentimental.
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