Katoomba Christian Convention
  • Home
  • ABOUT
    • About Us
    • Board & Governance
    • KCC - Our Team
    • Work With Us
    • Annual Review
  • Our Events
  • Support Us
    • Pray
    • Donate
    • Volunteer
    • Working Bee
  • StayKCC
  • Resources
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • 2019 Review


BLOG


 ​

Recommended Reads for Every Family Member This Christmas

10/12/2020

 
In partnership with The Wandering Bookseller, we are pleased to share our recommended holiday reads for adults, teens and children. 
Picture
Photo: The Wandering Bookseller
​Ahead of Christmas and the school holidays, we have partnered with The Wandering Bookseller to supply a list of recommended reads for adults, teens and children. It is our hope that these titles will be a source of inspiration, encouragement, hope and truth. 
For Adults 
The Good Life in the Last Days

​Mikey Lynch explores the apparent tension between the cost of discipleship and enjoying God's gifts to us. This book would make a great Christmas gift for school leavers and young adults. Buy here.
Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind

Well-respected historian Tom Holland traces the Christian origins of the Western world and shows how the emergence of Christianity was the "single most transformative development in Western history".​ Buy here.
The Pleasures of Pessimism 

This small, hopeful book is perfect reading for a year marked by disruption. Natasha Moore explores our cultural preoccupation with doomsday and shows how neither the pessimistic nor the overly-optimistic view of the future tell the whole story.​ Buy here.
How to Talk About Jesus (Without Being That Guy)
​

In this book, Sam Chan equips everyday Christians who are reluctant and nervous to tell their friends about Jesus with practical, tested ways of sharing their faith in the least awkward ways possible. Buy here.
For Teens
ASK - 52 Questions with Answers from the Bible

ASK is a new devotional book by David Robertson gives biblical answers to all sorts of questions that teens often ask. Each devotion finishes with a prayer and suggestions for further reading.​ Buy here.
Choosing Love in a Broken World

Choosing Love is an engaging, easy-to-read new book for teen girls about love. It’s about how you choose to love and who you choose to love, but most of all, it’s about how God's love can shape our relationships. ​Buy here.
Apprentice

Apprentice is a futuristic YA novel exploring themes of friendship, loyalty and betrayal. Through powerful storytelling, Kristen Young (from Lithgow Anglican Church) explores what it means to truly "love" others and encourages readers to examine the claims of popular messaging, and to have self-confidence when facing the pressure to conform. Buy here.
For Kids
Jesus Storybook Bible - Colouring Book

The bestselling The Jesus Storybook Bible, with over two million copies sold, is now available as a colouring book! It's filled with inspiring messages by Sally Lloyd-Jones and beloved artwork by Jago. Buy here.
Jesus Was A Refugee

In this Christmas kids book, Andrew McDonough reminds us that even Jesus was a refugee whose parents escaped with Him to Egypt when He was born.​ Buy here.
Unwrapping the Greatest Gift

Ann Voskamp has transformed the Jesse Tree tradition into an illustrated advent devotional book that families will treasure. As you prepare for Christmas, you can guide your family each day through the family tree of Jesus, with carefully chosen passages of Scripture and themed activites.​ Buy here.

About The Wandering Bookseller


​The Wandering Bookseller team have been travelling across Australia for years with hand-picked bookstalls for Christian events. They cater for small church camps through to large regional conferences - and everything in-between. Visit their website to discover great books for Christians and curious agnostics. 

Comments are closed.

    Archives

    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    February 2020
    December 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017

    Categories

    All
    Easter Convention
    KYCK
    OneLove

    RSS Feed

events

NextGen
KYCK
​Easter Convention
​BASECAMP
OneLove
Oxygen
Onward

support

Pray
Donate
Volunteer
​Working Bees
​StayKCC
Jobs

ABOUT

History
Annual Review
Statement of Faith
Privacy Policy
App ​Terms and Conditions

Governance
​
Press
Contact Us
All One in Christ Jesus
since 1903
© COPYRIGHT 2018. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
  • Home
  • ABOUT
    • About Us
    • Board & Governance
    • KCC - Our Team
    • Work With Us
    • Annual Review
  • Our Events
  • Support Us
    • Pray
    • Donate
    • Volunteer
    • Working Bee
  • StayKCC
  • Resources
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • 2019 Review