Holidays and Holy Nights: Celebrating Twelve Seasonal Festivals of the Christian Year

by Christopher Hill

For many people the chaos of fifty-hour workweeks and the demands of family have created a hectic, routine-driven life. Time itself becomes a conveyor belt moving us continuously from one demand to the next and year-to-year. Holidays and Holy Nights offers an escape from the conveyor-belt life and introduces us to the cyclical and deeply spiritual Christian liturgical year. This joyous book "unpacks" theology to uncover the poetic, symbolic, folkloric,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0835608107
• ISBN13: 9780835608107
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Quest Books (IL)
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

A Thoughtful Examination of Church Holidays

For someone like me who came from a background with less emphasis on church feasts and holidays, this book is an excellent tool. It provides a a solid look at the historical and liturgical history of the holidays and combines that with the personal reflections and insights of the author. This book is an interesting guidebook to find spiritual meaning in church tradition.