All Is Calm: A Daily Reader From Thanksgiving to Christmas

The holiday season is upon us. This little book is designed to help you walk into the season with perhaps a new sense of what the Lord is saying in and through, not just the holiday; but life. We know you don’t have a lot of time, so each day’s reading will take about five minutes. You can leave it at that. Read and be on your way. Or you can take the thought with you as you go about your business. You might find that the Lord uses it on the road. You might come back to it in the evening and dig a bit deeper using scripture as your guide. Maybe you will talk about it with a friend. Each day includes a few lines for journaling. If you are reading the ebook version we took the journaling lines out as it made reading more difficult. We do encourage you to take a few minutes and write out your thoughts, whatever they may be. There are no rules here. This book is meant to be a gift before the gifts. It is for you and we are hoping that it is from Him in some sense, just because He loves you. Enjoy

Randy Schlichting

Randy has been blessed to participate in people building at Perimeter Church for over 20 years under the leadership of Randy Pope. He has developed and led various ministries including discipleship and worship. Currently he serves as the Pastor of Shepherding.
  
Randy earned his Master's in Divinity from Metro Atlanta Seminary. He is a gifted teacher, pastoral counselor and writer. He has penned an original work entitled, Minority Rules, which brings to light the decline of Christianity in America. He has also co-authored Quoteworthy with Beth Grabenkort, a book that helps people to discover sacredness in the ordinary. He wrote a handbook for church leaders on shepherding titled, Like Sheep With a Shepherd and a book to help those who are struggling in marriage, titled Re-Start.

He currently hosts a podcast called, One 4 the Road, which is available on iTunes and he is adjunct faculty with Metro Atlanta Seminary teaching Old Testament, Church History and Theology.
 
He has been joyfully married to Dorothy for thirty-six years. They love to minister together and they love the beach. Together they have three daughters ages 31, 28 and 25; two wonderful sons in law and four fun grandkids!

Amy Shirley

Amy is a life-long member of Perimeter Church which is where the collaboration for this book began. She owns a small financial planning firm with her dad and enjoys freelance writing projects when time allows. She has had the privilege to serve on the board of several non-profits and ministries including, Kingdom Investments.

She loves the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons, starting new traditions while keeping the old ones too. She has been married to her college sweetheart, Josh for more than 13 years and they have an energetic 2 year old son who makes the holidays (and everyday) more fun. They enjoy serving together at their local church, Perimeter Church, and cheering on their favorite football team.