When Christmas is over, are you inspired or just tired?
- Ever wonder if there is truth behind all our Christmas traditions?
- Does Christmas feel more like a cultural holiday than Jesus’ birthday?
- Want to know more about the child who started the whole thing?
- Is there a reason to have a real smile on your face this Christmas?
“On December 26th, do you ever find yourself asking: Is there more to Christmas than good food, good friends, good music, and good times with family?“
The Authors
From Heaven To Earth invites you to discover afresh the truth behind all our beloved Christmas traditions by considering the foundational questions about the Christmas story: Did it really happen? And what does it truly mean?
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Why this book? Why now?
The stakes are really high at Christmas. The goal of this book is to help you find answers to your questions about Christmas and share a message of hope that Jesus CAN transform your heart and change the world!
Hopeless
Hopeless
People don't see Jesus at work today in the world.
Frustration
Frustration
Many people don't know where to turn to deal with their everyday challenges.
Unparalleled Joy
Unparalleled Joy
We should all get to experience joy, not only at Christmas but every day!
Our Talented Authors
Meet the team that wrote the book and small group materials
Wil Cantrell
Author, FHTE
Wil is the Sr. Associate Pastor, Concord United Methodist Church.
Glenna Manning
Small Group Resources
Glenna is the Pastor of Discipleship and Outreach at Concord United Methodist Church.
Paul Seay
Author, FHTE
Paul is the Sr. Pastor at Seymour United Methodist Church.
Testimonials
Cantrell and Seay have provided the Christmas gift we didn’t know we were hoping for: an accessible, folksy (in the best sense of the word), thoughtful and vivid explication of why the Word became flesh, and its lively transformative implications for us.
Dr. James Howell
Sr. Pastor, Myers Park UMC, Charlotte, NC
Wil Cantrell and Paul Seay have provided us with a generous Christmas gift! Drawing upon their own personal faith journeys, pastoral sensitivity, and experience, and theological astuteness, they eloquently and passionately communicate the profound meaning and implications of the Incarnation. Individuals and groups will find this short book an inspiring and insightful means of discovering anew ‘the reason for the Season.’
Bishop Kenneth L. Carder
Professor Emeritus Duke University Divinity School
If Christmas is more than an annual feast of gifts and glitter, what makes up the “more”? From Heaven to Earth takes on the Jesus question with candor, insight, and humility. The result is a winsome invitation to think again, and to think better, about the Christ in Christmas.
Dr. Beverly Roberts Gaventa
Professor New Testament, Baylor University
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