Christmas present ideas? You’ll find something here...

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Here at en Towers, we have been inundated with a fantastic array of festive offerings.

To help me sort through them all, I enlisted a number of friends at my church across the age range from 0-75!

Thank you to Lizzie, Andy, Olivia, Sophia, Ruth, Ethan, Hamish, Angus, Liz, Sam, Jonah, Jemima, Kath, Stu, Josh, Daniel, Matt, Suzy, Shasta, Cynthia and Harry for your time and thoughts.

Christmas resources for families

Love Came Down – board book, children’s book and activity book (Bethan Lycett: 10 of Those)
Good for: engaging different ages together with a challenge to trust Jesus for yourself

The Unexpected Gift – story and activity book (Annie Kratzsch and Tessa Janes: 10 of Those)
Good for: age 4+ – great for using both in tandem – creating ornaments with Bible verses could easily become a yearly tradition.

The First Christmas Song (Alison Brewis: 10 of Those)
Good for: keeping children’s attention throughout – can see us getting this out every year.

The King and the Shepherd Boy (Sam Brewster: 10 of Those)
Good for: a summary of the Christmas story with nice challenge questions and lovely illustrations.

The Promise and the Light (Katy Morgan: The Good Book Company)
Good for: older children. An exciting retelling of the gospel story in novel format. From 9+

Tracing Glory (Sarah Rice: 10 of Those)
Good for: reading as a family with teen and pre-teen children. Everyone enjoyed tracing the promises and foreshadowing of Christ through the whole of Scripture.

Advent devotionals for adults

Finding Hope Under Bethlehem Skies (Robin Ham: 10 of Those)
Good for: seeing God’s grace in Jesus’ very ordinary family line with a linked Advent Spotify playlist at the end of each chapter.

Fixated (Tim Chester: 10 of Those)
Good for: fixing our eyes back on Jesus after a tough 18 months.

The Dawn of Redeeming Grace (Sinclair Ferguson: The Good Book Company)
Good for: warming your heart with wonderful truths.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year (Timothy Cross: Day One)
Good for: in-depth readings for Advent and beyond into the New Year. Every chapter has cross-references from Old and New Testament and a detailed focus on the gospel.

The One Who Came Before (Frank Sellar: Christian Focus)
Good for: an interesting and original take on Advent with short and achievable readings for busy people.

A Light Has Dawned (Contributors: Billy Graham, Elisabeth Elliot, Tim Keller: Christianity Today, Lexham Press)
Good for: a wide variety of authors and devotions. Something for everybody!

Short Evangelistic Books

A Very Messy Christmas (Jago Wynne: 10 of Those)
Good for: giving away at carol services. Six short chapters focusing on how Jesus joins us in our messy world to sort out the mess we have made.

Is Christmas Unbelievable? (Rebecca McLaughlin: The Good Book Company)
Good for: following up apologetics-type questions after an evangelistic event. An engagingly written but rigorous exploration of some of the objections to the Christmas accounts.

Evangelistic Tracts

The Christmas Census (David Earshaw & Roger Carswell: Day One)
Good for: tying into a talk or mention of the 2021 census – inviting a response to God’s offer of life.

The Best Christmas Ever! (William Taylor: 10 of Those)
Good for: a clear and warmly personal presentation of the gospel linked to key elements of Christmas.

Whatever Advent and Christmas resources you choose to go for, let us thank God that there are so many words helping us to focus on The Word made flesh this year.