Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Revell (September 1, 2009)
ISBN-10: 0800719247
ISBN-13: 978-0800719241
Can a gift from the past mend a broken heart?
Ian Collins is an old man without his son. Patrick Collins is a young boy without his father. On his Christmas list are only three items. He wants the army to find his father. He wants to leave his grandfather’s house. And he wants the dusty wooden soldier in Grandfather’s attic–the one he is forbidden to touch.
Set at Christmastime in 1943, The Unfinished Gift is the engaging story of a family in need of forgiveness. With simple grace, it reminds us of the small things that affect powerful change in our hearts–a young boy’s prayers, a shoe box of love letters, and even a half-carved soldier, long forgotten. This nostalgic story of reconciliation will touch your heart.
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Wonderful, Wonderful Read! I’m a nostalgic gal at heart, and this story is so touching! The characters are such that you cheer all of them on, including the bitter Ian. The WWII era adds even more depth to the story. Just make sure you have a box of tissues close while reading this Inspiring Novel!
About the Author.. 
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Dan Walsh is the senior pastor of Sovereign Grace Church in Daytona Beach, Florida, a church he helped found 23 years ago. He is the author of The Unfinished Gift and lives with his family in the Daytona Beach area.
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Christmas is everywhere . . . even where you least expect it.
Join award-winning author and storyteller James Calvin Schaap as he uncovers the grace, joy, and love of the season through seven heartwarming tales of miracle moments in a messy world. This beautiful and inspiring collection of contemporary Christmas stories will remind you what grace looks like–and where to find it.
You’ve Been Searching for Joy . . .
Who hasn’t? It’s Christmas. So where’s the goodwill? Where’s the love? Would you recognize them if you saw them? Maybe you ought to Prepare for the Unexpected (page 7). Or unravel Christmas joy as in The Mystery (page 11). Someone says you can get a glimpse in the face of The Baby (page 19) at the local nativity. But you’re not sure you’ll make it. There’s The Party (page 31). And there are presents to buy. Finding just the right ones takes time, sometimes a lifetime, says that mom who knows all about The Gifts (page 57). Maybe if you look at The Church (page 85). Surely there’s joy there. Remember that time you saw it in the faces of the children at The Pageant (page 99). How wonderful that is, like The Afterglow (page 113) when all those you love and enjoy most have been round you. What if you could find that joy all over again? What if joy like that would descend, covering you and everyone you know like The Snowfall (page 141)—what then? What then? Wouldn’t it change everything?
Jim Schaap writes about those common relationships that all of us have experienced. He knows our lives, re-fires our memories. He draws us into settings familiar. He causes us to inhabit the worlds of plain folk struggling with the problems of an ordinary life—and he makes it all so very, very important, for this is the place where humanity happens. We love and fail and work and hurt and grow here. And as all these stories revolve around Christmas and the incarnation, here too is where God comes to meet us, at which we make our best beginnings.
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