title: Joy to the World: Inspirational Christmas Messages from America's Preachers
author: Olivia Cloud
description: <b>The Reverend Olivia M. Cloud</b>, editor of this groundbreaking book, has worked with a number of ministers, turning sermons into books. The daughter of a minister, she has devoted more than two decades to the ministry of Christian education through publishing. Her varied work in Christian publishing includes a decade as product development coordinator for the world's largest denominational publishing house, LifeWay Christian Resources. Her company, Guardian Angel Communications Services, provides editorial and publishing services to Christian authors and businesses.<br /><br />Before she began her ministry as a writer, editor, and publisher, she served as executive director of Capitol Area Ministries, an ecumenical ministry serving children and adults in downtown Atlanta.<br /><br />She is associate minister at Berean Baptist Church in Nashville, where she was licensed and ordained as a minister of the Gospel. She is also a certified volunteer chaplain with the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. A popular speaker at conferences, she is Tennessee state chaplain for Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.<br /><br />She earned a bachelor of arts degree in journalism from the University of Kentucky (Lexington) and a master's in religious education from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, Kentucky).<br /><br />Reverend Cloud is the author of six books and currently serves as director of publishing for the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.
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  ISBN: 978-1-946752-89-5
  
  
  
  
  
  Dreams come true at Christmas. Join these heroes
  
  
  and heroines in their search for love and joy at this special time of year.
  
  
  Whether it’s in the wilds of Alaska under the Northern Lights, in towns,
  
  
  offices, or hospitals across the land, or on cruise ships under tropical
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  the magic of Christmas will make this the most wonderful time of the year.
  
  
  
  
  
  Nine _New York Times_ and _USA Today_
  
  
  bestselling authors have crafted stories of love and joy, ranging from