Christmas should be a time of wonder and expectation, but what if tragedy, illness, family secrets, or betrayal strip away every belief in what the future holds? And in a good and loving God? A Christmas Homecoming by Brenda S. Anderson Love and Unexpected Stress Responses by Eleanor Bertin Sixty Feet to Home by Sara Davison The Twelve Days of Mandy Reno by Regina Rudd Merrick Returning to Christmas by Angela D. Meyer One Christmas Wish by Marion Ueckermann A Garland of Grace by Candace West When circumstances beyond their control dramatically alter their lives, can broken, betrayed, and disillusioned people rediscover their faith and come to see that God's plans are far better for them than the ones they had imagined for themselves?