Our family is a bit new to celebrating advent. Gotta say though, I’m looking forward to November 27th. And if know me, you know that comes with a fair amount of reservation. I’m one of those whose stomach starts to turn when…like…the other day when I was in Wal Mart and got totally blindsided by “Have Yourself A Merry Christmas” over the loudspeakers… and I started thinking all the eloquent but perhaps inappropriate things I might say to the manager if I he/she happened upon my aisle…and…well, anyway. I’m not one for jipping Thanksgiving.
But yeah, I find myself peaking past Thanksgiving just a bit these days. Not for all the Christmas hubbub. More so because I enjoy celebrating advent as a family. I look forward to dusting off our Joshua Tree, sitting around over dessert and discussing the events leading up to Bethlehem, hanging the ornaments, placing strands of straw in our popsicle-stick manger, and praying together “Come, Lord Jesus.”
So I was pretty excited when asked to submit a chapter for Our Savior Come: An Advent Companion. It is a neat collection of perspectives and reflections on the events and implications related to Christ’s incarnation. It’s a daily reader intended to help guide and inspire worship through the season.
I’m not good at sales pitches, but if you’re looking for some good devotional material to help in your celebration of Advent this year…
I posted some extended thoughts on Advent and liturgical seasons on the book’s blog-site. Oh, and its available in (the much cheaper) e-reader format too.
