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Life in Port Aransas was looking breezy and bright for Sam and his friends at the Dream Bean coffee shop. Shelly and Dave were talking marriage, Allie and Bo were tightening family ties, and Sam was welcoming newcomers to town and falling for a new singer at the Sea Garden. But storms are never far away on the Texas Gulf Coast, and there would be none more destructive than Hurricane Harvey. Would Sam and his friends survive the storm's awful fury? And would life in Port Aransas ever be the same again?

WHEN THE LIGHT RETURNED TO MAIN STREET is a collection of stories that explores the meaning of Christmas from different angles and perspectives. From the traditional settings of "Just What They Wanted" and "Crossing Christmas," and the wonder of "The Helpers" and "The Christmas Angel," to the folktale imaginings conjured by "When the Light Returned to Main Street," these stories will challenge you to consider what Christmas means to you, and to answer the question, "From where comes the true light of the season?"

After being asked by the associate pastor of his church to write a weekly blog post, author Jeff Hampton jumped at the opportunity to offer up his thoughts on matters of faith-which he has now done for the past ten years. This act of deliberate writing has forced him to explore what he believes, and to consider whether or not he practices what he preaches. At his wife LeAnn's suggestion, Hampton collected these blog posts into a book. It was then that LeAnn noticed that most of the writings were about community- not "community" as defined by the census bureau and the chamber of commerce, but rather all the different types of community in which we live. That includes family, friends, neighbors, churches, workplaces, towns, states, countries, races, and humankind. At different times we all live and interact in these communities-usually in several simultaneously. Jeff Hampton explores through his weekly personal writings how we all fit into and contribute (or not) to the communities to which we belong.