This year for Advent my wife pulled out a book she bought last year for us to read together as a family. Jotham’s Journey: A Storybook for Advent by Arnold Ytreeide is an entertaining and educational way to usher in the Christmas season that is thought-provoking too.
Jotham is a 10-year old boy living in Israel at the time Jesus was born. But his story of being separated from his family and his search to find them again takes him all over the land of his fathers and connects with many parts of Jewish history and culture. Each chapter ends with a brief spiritual application to us today.
We’re really enjoying it. I genuinely look forward to reading each day’s story before my son’s bedtime. It’s probably a little late to get it for this year, but while you’re thinking about, order a copy and put it with your Christmas decorations to get out just in time for next year.
-Fatherat50
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