Hymns of Christmas: Their Stories and Their Messages

by John Zehring

Overview

“Hymns of Christmas - Their Stories and Their Messages” reveals the background story of how the Christmas carols came to us and adds insightful reflections on their meaning and inspiration for 21st Christians today. If you love the Christmas carols, this book of Christmas hymn stories will enrich your affection for their words and tunes.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940164804213
Publisher:	John Zehring
Publication date:	01/25/2021
Series:	Hymn Meditations and Stories
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	198 KB

About the Author

John Zehring has served United Church of Christ congregations as Senior Pastor in Massachusetts (Andover), Rhode Island (Kingston), and Maine (Augusta) and as an Interim Pastor in Massachusetts (Arlington, Harvard). Prior to parish ministry, he served in higher education, primarily in development and institutional advancement. He worked as a dean of students, director of career planning and placement, adjunct professor of public speaking and as a vice president at a seminary and at a college. He is the author of more than sixty books and is a regular writer for The Christian Citizen, an American Baptist social justice publication. He has taught Public Speaking, Creative Writing, Educational Psychology and Church Administration. John was the founding editor of the publication Seminary Development News, a publication for seminary presidents, vice presidents and trustees (published by the Association of Theological Schools, funded by a grant from Lilly Endowment). He graduated from Eastern University and holds graduate degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary, Rider University, and the Earlham School of Religion. He is listed in Marquis' WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA and is a recipient of their Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. John and his wife Donna live in two places, in central Massachusetts and by the sea in Maine.