Christmas, a Time for Love
The Christ we celebrate seeks to bring us together as onewhatever our choices, whatever our chances.
Annie Wood is broken-hearted when her oldest sister Till leaves home to marry a young man of dubious character. The family is never again quite the same. Over the years, Tills visits home become fewer, and then stop completely.
As the Christmas of 1964 approaches, an older Annie remembers another Christmas many years beforeTills last with the family. As Annie retraces the memories of her childhood, she contemplates the choices we make that separate us from our loved ones, and the power of Christ that brings us back together again.
Could it be that whatever our choicesor chancesChrist will find His way into our hearts?
Based on True Events
The great grandmother of the nieces and nephews of author Marilyn Brown actually spoke of the visitors she saw by her bedside when she died. It is an inspiring true story, retold by family members many times, always with heartfelt anticipation for the joyful reunions all of us hope to experience someday.
