The greatest message ever sent from Heaven was of course, the Word incarnate -- the birth of the Savior, Jesus the Christ. Have you ever wondered how the message about that moment got delivered. The 2nd chapter of the Gospel of Luke shares the well familiar announcement to the shepherds of Bethlehem, but our author in his "Heaven's Message" brings a thoughtful, sometimes humorous insight into just how that mes-sage might have been delivered. Included in the final moments is also an interesting twist in the explanation behind the Star of Bethlehem. The author is a minister in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and began a number of years ago to write Christmas stories as his "present" to his church members and family. "Heaven's Message" is the first such story he has published. As a further note of interest, the illustrator, Leslie Mathis, is one of the young adults that Dr. Throckmorton has married in his 30 years of ministry.