A special package is headed your way. We hope that the reflections and invitations of our book bring you much comfort and joy.
Thank you to our many friends and followers here within our Some Comfort and Joy community for entering the drawing. We are grateful for the many ways you support our work.
For those who have pre-ordered the book, be sure to send your order number to some.comfortandjoy@Gmail.com to receive your pre-order bonuses. There are just a few days left to get those goodies!
If you happen to be in the Harrisonburg, VA or Kidron, OH area at the beginning of September we’d love for you to join the party. In celebration of our book’s release, Sherah-Leigh and I are each hosting a book birthday party. You are invited to drop in and help us mark this occasion.
Our celebrations will include giveaways, refreshments, mingling with friends, and the opportunity to get your copy of Comfort and Joy: Readings & Practices for Advent signed.
The party at Sherah-Leigh’s house will be on September 3rd. The party and Gwen’s house will be on September 9th.
If you’d like to join in the fun please RSVP below and we’ll reply with the details.
Last call to register to win our book box give away! Please fill out in the information below by midnight on Saturday August 24th and you’ll be entered to win a book box containing:
1 copy of Comfort & Joy: Readings & Practices for Advent (signed by the authors)
As another way to say thanks to you – all our readers – and just because it is so much fun to win stuff, we are celebrating the September 3rd release of our book with a book box give away (We are giving away two boxes, there will be two winners).
Just fill out the information below by midnight August 24th (we don’t sell it – we’ll just use it to contact you if you win) and you can enter to win a free book box. The book box will contain:
1 copy of Comfort & Joy: Readings & Practices for Advent (signed by the authors)
Thank you for following along with our series on Friendship. We hope that it brought you some comfort and joy in this season.
Next month we will be starting a new series focused around beauty. Using a variety of scripture passages, we have reflections and practices that will tune your attention towards the gifts of goodness that surround us and enrich our lives.
We are so thankful for your support of our work in the world. Your likes, comments and shares are all wonderful ways you can help our words connect with others.
And, if you have enjoyed our summer series, be sure to order our forthcoming Advent book. The bonuses will only be available for a few more weeks, so if you have yet to pre-order, please consider doing so now!
We are delighted to share with you a preorder bonus created in collaboration with and offered by our publisher, Herald Press. Just send us an email at some.comfortandjoy@gmail.com with your order number and the name of the retailer, and you will receive an email in reply with a blessing, a recipe card, and a breath prayer/coloring page. (Your email address won’t be used or sold for any other purpose.)
Filled with reflections, poetry, blessings, practices and recipes Comfort & Joy is a wonderful resource for those wanting to engage the Christmas season with intention.
As part of our 12 Days of Christmas celebration, we are delighted to share with you a preorder bonus created in collaboration with and offered by our publisher, Herald Press. Just send us an email at some.comfortandjoy@gmail.com with your order number and the name of the retailer and you will receive an email in reply with a blessing, a recipe card, and a breath prayer/coloring page. (Your email address won’t be used or sold for any other purpose.)
“When Jesus saw their faith, he said, ‘Friend, your sins are forgiven you.’’‘ -Luke 5:20
Do you have a friend who is sick or troubled? Take some time today to pray for them. As you pray, imagine complete healing for them or their situation. Pray for God’s wholeness and reconciliation in your friend’s circumstance. If you feel it is appropriate, send your friend a card or an email letting them know you were thinking about them today.
As part of our 12 Days of Christmas celebration, we are delighted to share with you a preorder bonus created in collaboration with and offered by our publisher, Herald Press. Just send us an email at some.comfortandjoy@gmail.com with your order number and the name of the retailer and you will receive an email in reply with a blessing, a recipe card, and a breath prayer/coloring page. (Your email address won’t be used or sold for any other purpose.)
Some Comfort and Joy was developed as a devotional resource that follows the rhythms and seasons of the liturgical year from an Anabaptist-Mennonite perspective.
We hope this brings you some comfort and joy! Do you know someone who would be inspired by today’s post? Please share Some Comfort and Joy with them. Be sure to subscribe and never miss a post.
“When Jesus saw their faith, he said, ‘Friend, your sins are forgiven you.’’‘ -Luke 5:20
Tucked amidst the account of Jesus’ calling of the disciples are a few stories of healing. Likely the intention of the writer was to illustrate the unique and impressive power that Jesus possessed. Yet within a theologically dense passage about physical healing, forgiveness of sin and the divinity of Jesus, a beautiful tale of friendship shines.
When those carrying a person who was paralyzed realize the crowd is too large to get close to Jesus, their perseverance and inventive idea leads them to lowering their friend through the roof of the house in order to reach Jesus.
Sometimes we are limited in our perspective or beliefs about what wholeness looks like. We are fixated on a particular resolution or path. Or perhaps we are resigned to living with a particular pain or limitation.
Whether you find yourself carrying hope for a suffering friend or being carried by the faith of your friends, healing and release are available to you. Through the persistent and creative work of these companions, the paralytic encounters Jesus and receives what is needed to be made well.
Your healing and hope come in many, and at times, surprising, ways, O God. May I be a “signpost” of shalom for those who call me friend. Amen.
We are delighted to share with you a preorder bonus created in collaboration with and offered by our publisher, Herald Press. Just send us an email at some.comfortandjoy@gmail.com with your order number and the name of the retailer, and you will receive an email in reply with a blessing, a recipe card, and a breath prayer/coloring page. (Your email address won’t be used or sold for any other purpose.)
Some Comfort and Joy was developed as a devotional resource that follows the rhythms and seasons of the liturgical year from an Anabaptist-Mennonite perspective.
We hope this brings you some comfort and joy! Do you know someone who would be inspired by today’s post? Please share Some Comfort and Joy with them. Be sure to subscribe and never miss a post.
Filled with reflections, poetry, blessings, practices and recipes Comfort & Joy is a wonderful resource for those wanting to engage the Christmas season with intention.
It’s humbling and honoring to know others are finding meaning and encouragement through our labor of love. We’re eager to hear how you, our faithful Some Comfort and Joy community, connect with the book in Advent!
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