Christmas Book & Gift Issue – November 16, 2008 January 9, 2013 Features15 Gifts with Anglican Spirit 16 Truth in FictionBY BOYD WRIGHT 18 Gift Books for ChildrenBY HEATHER NEWTON News12 Council Wants Dialogue with Common Cause Partnership Opinion20 Guest ColumnThe Down-and-Dirty GospelBY JOSEPH DAVIS 21 EditorialsLittle Time for Stalling 22 Reader’s ViewpointIn These Hard TimesBY TONY NOBLE 24 LettersCelebrity Mentality Other Departments4 Sunday’s Readings 5 Short & Sharp 9 Books 30 People & Places