Local Author: Jim McCormick and the Story of a Marriage

'Tis the Season for Love Letters!

Join us with local author, Jim McCormick, to hear him talk about his new book Story of a Marriage: 50 Years of Christmas Love Letters.

Christmas Eve is not the ideal time for a husband to realize that he had forgotten to buy his wife a gift. Especially when the couple is experiencing their very first Christmas as a married couple. Panic mode. After all, this was 1968. Shopping malls were still a relatively new concept and gas stations were primarily a place for fueling up your car, not for scoring a last-minute gift.

Jim McCormick remembers that evening well. “I was feeling romantic but having forgotten to buy a really nice gift for my darling, I did the only thingI could do. I poured out my heart in as beautiful a letter as I could muster about our life together that year.” Not only did McCormick save that critical “first Christmas,” his impromptu gift evolved to become a holiday tradition captured in his new book, Story of a Marriage: 50 Years of Christmas Love Letters, from Mission Point Press.

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James McCormick grew up in Detroit, Michigan, and graduated from the University of Detroit Law School. Shortly after marrying, he and his wife moved to Northern Michigan. Seven years and three children later, Jim took a long shot and ran for a judgeship in the Traverse City area. He was elected and served twenty-four years on the bench. A lifelong traveler, Jim has explored fifty countries across four continents. He is the author of Jerusalem and the Holy Land: The First Ecumenical Pilgrim’s Guide.