Christmas book by Samaritan member available

Samaritan Ministries member Raymond McHenry has penned The Innkeeper's Journal: A Christmas Classic (illustrations by Matthew Chandler) for use as an evangelistic tool and "expanding our perspective on Christmas," he says.

Here's a summary:

The innkeeper's only son is killed with the other baby boys in Bethlehem. He remains bitter for 30 years. Jesus visits him before the crucifixion. He witnesses Jesus' death and then sees Him after the resurrection. He becomes a Christian and starts a church in his Bethlehem stable. His name reveals that God's peace, Shalom, means "life as God intended," which is the reason Christ came.

The Innkeeper's Journal can be purchased at online stores or by making a donation at Raymond's research service In Other Words.

Raymond has been a pastor for 30 years.