Reflections of Messiah: Contemporary Advent Meditations Inspired by Handel

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Summary: Christmas Spirituality!
Review: What a nice book this is! Melchiorre helps move us through and beyond the commercialism of the Christmas season to a sense of Christmas as a time to reach out to others in service as well as to reach out to God in prayer.

Melchiorre connects Bible passages with real life. I appreciate his insights into life in the city. I also appreciate the way he connects these Bible passages and contemporary reflections with the traditional music of Christmas. I've listened to Handel's Messiah, but always that music has been tied to sentimentality. After reading this book, I will hear that music from the perspective of a great incarnational faith rather than simple traditionalism.

This simple book has a great depth of spirituality to it!