Run, Shepherds, RUN!: A Christmas Anthology with 31 December Devotions

by Dr. Dan L. Griffin

Who are the real characters in the Christmas story, and what can they still teach us after all these years?In the introduction to this, his latest book, Dan states "I wrote this book in hopes you will discover new facts and ideas about the Christmas story you may not have known. Also, that you will be drawn closer to the real heart of Christmas ... Jesus ... closer than you have ever been before.In doing just that, Dan employs his full range of God-given talents, from his sense of humor ("Christmas! Sometimes it's just plain weird, isn't it? When else but Christmas do you sit around a dead tree eating candy out of your socks?") to his ability to make connections between past, present, & future, to his ability to turn a phrase ("Who were these shepherds? We have no idea who they were. We wouldn't know them, if they walked in here with their sheep!")The "Anthology" section of this brief book includes Dan's thoughts on the "characters" in what we know as the Christmas story; Jesus' lineage, the Annunciation, Bethlehem, the shepherds, the angels, the Temple, and the Magi. You will no doubt learn something new in each chapter as Dan explores and describes in his unique way the subject at hand. You will hear the shepherds talk to each other, you will smell the stable, you'll meet the innkeeper (if there was one!), and travel the miles with the Magi, all as if for the first time.The "December Devotions” section is thirty-one brief Christmas thoughts, each with a prayer, that will draw you further into the events and the people who populate them. These devotions will challenge you to a deeper, more joyful celebration.So join Dan on a trip back that is as old as the Universe itself, and as new and current as tomorrow’s dawn. Join Dan as he cheers the shepherds (and us!) to "Run, Shepherds, RUN!"

154 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 30, 2021