2 THE WONDER OF CHRISTMAS by Orville W. Jenkins
3 A SIGN OF CHRISTMAS by Michael B. Ross
4 ARE YOU READY FOR CHRISTMAS? by G. Weatherley
6 A STAR SHINES IN THE DARKNESS by William A. Tolbert
7 CHRISTMAS PRAYER by Carol Wight Gritton
7 HE DID NOT BELIEVE ENOUGH by C. Neil Strait
8 “WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LOOT, DAD?” by Harold Ivan Smith
9 A MUSICIAN’S PRAYER by Lyndell Leatherman
10 WHEN GOD PUT HIS KNEES IN LIFE'S MUD by Morris Chalfant
11 THE IRON KILLER by Jim Spruce
12 WATERFALL by George Eplin
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 A Wonder-Full Christmas, General Superintendent: Jerald D. Johnson
3 Lasting Joy (a poem), John F. Hay, Jr.
4 Letters
5 What Child Is This?, Bud Reedy
6 Born To Evangelize, Charles J. Rizzo
7 Cinquains of Joy (a poem), Helen R. Sullivan
7 God's Christmas Gift, C. T. Corbett
8 The Gift of Presence, Harold Ivan Smith
9 Christmas Meditation (a poem), Reeford L. Chaney
9 Nazarene Roots: One Side of a Granary, in the Dead of Winter, 1912; Steve Cooley
10 But Where Is Jesus?, Morris Chalfant
"The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light..." Isaiah 9:2, RSV/ I.D. Kansas City Country Club Plaza Christmas Lights
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 The Unspeakable Gift, General Superintendent: John A. Knight
3 It All Started in a Manger, Charles Hastings Smith
4 Letters
5 From the Manger to the Cross, Jerry McCant
6 The Gift (a Poem), Geraldine Nicholas
6 I Found New Meaning in Christmas, Wanda Milner Winburn
8 Obedience, Stephen L. Manley
9 Nazarene Roots: Called Not of Men but of God, Stan Ingersol
10 Let’s Go to the Ivory Coast! Where?, Ray Hendrix
10 This Miracle of Birth (a Poem), Alice Cameron Bostrom
Cover Photo of Dr. and Mrs. Phineas F. Bresee is made from an oil painting done by Margaret Parish, Kansas City artist. In 1976 while in Dallas for General Assembly the general secretary, Dr. B. Edgar Johnson, received copies of two old prints of Dr. and Mrs. Bressee presumed to have been taken in 1913 or 1914. Mrs. Parish has beautifully captured the expression of the Bresees and combine the styles represented in the the little snapshots to make a treasured portrait of the founder of the Church of the Nazarene and his wife at this very late time in their lives.
2 THANKSGIVING—SENTIMENT OR ACTION? by George Coulter
3 IT HAPPENED AT A WELL by Buford Battin
4 ORGANIZED HOLINESS
5 CHILDLIKE—BUT NOT CHILDISH by John C. Bowling
6 MY THORN AND GOD’S GRACE by Jerry W. McCant
6 PRAYER FOR HOLINESS by Lorraine O. Schultz
7 Book Briefs: ON WHOM THE FIRE FELL by LeRoy Brown; Reviewed by Paul Miller
8 I SAW 10,000 MISSIONARIES IN ONE DAY by Walter C. Wilcox
9 THE GRASSHOPPERS TEN, AND TWO MEN by Arthur M. Long
10 PRAYER—A LISTENING HEART by Morris Chalfant
