“Give us eyes to see your beauty,
ears to hear your call,
hands and feet to enact your love in the world.”
From our new book Comfort and Joy: Readings & Practices for Advent, available now from your favorite book retailer.
Joy: Christmas Prayer
Advent Reflection
When have you said yes to God and experienced great joy?
From our new book Comfort and Joy: Readings & Practices for Advent, available now from your favorite book retailer.
Joy
“And Mary said,
‘My soul magnifies the Lord,
and spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
for he has looked with favor on the lowly state of his servant.’” Luke 1:46-47
From our new book Comfort and Joy: Readings & Practices for Advent, available now from your favorite book retailer.
Advent Blessing
No matter what unfolds, may you hold onto hope for the fulfillment of what the Lord has spoken.
From our new book Comfort and Joy: Readings & Practices for Advent, available now from your favorite book retailer.
Hope
What dream or ideas can you hopefully place before God during Advent?
There is still time to receive Comfort and Joy to guide you through the Advent season. Filled with fresh insight, warmth and opportunities for spiritual nurture, this is a gentle companion for a sacred season.
Advent Hope
“In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country…” -Luke 1:39
In this season it is easy to be consumed with a sense of urgency. There is much to be prepared. Today, like Mary, despite your haste, wonder and preparations, may you experience a blessing.
There is still time to receive Comfort and Joy to guide you through the Advent season. Filled with fresh insight, warmth and opportunities for spiritual nurture, this is a gentle companion for a sacred season.
Blessing for Waiting
“You transform the ordinary
You make a way when there seems to be none.
And I am waiting.
And so may I not only know,
But also practice believing
While I am waiting.”
-Sherah-Leigh Gerber
excerpt from Comfort and Joy: Readings and Practices for Advent
There is still time to receive Comfort and Joy to guide you through the Advent season. Filled with fresh insight, warmth and opportunities for spiritual nurture, this is a gentle companion for a sacred season.
With a Grateful Heart
Where have you recently encountered the sacred in the midst of the ordinary?
There is still time to receive Comfort and Joy to guide you through the Advent season. Filled with fresh insight, warmth and opportunities for spiritual nurture, this is a gentle companion for a sacred season.
Preparation
“Then Mary said, ‘Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.” 1:38
There is still time to receive Comfort and Joy to guide you through the Advent season. Filled with fresh insight, warmth and opportunities for spiritual nurture, this is a gentle companion for a sacred season.
Advent is coming…
No matter how you are approaching this Advent season, there is good news.
The words of scripture, written long ago, demonstrate again and again that God is at work. God is present. God is always surprising God’s people by moving and making something new.
In the midst of a weary world and fragile hope, we come to this season of preparation and celebration to be reminded of this truth. We engage these reflective practices so we, too, can notice anew that God is with us, in the beauty of the ordinary and in the sacred extraordinary of Advent and Christmastide.
Methods for spiritual reflection and practice are as varied as we are as individuals. There are many ways to commune with God in our daily lives and we hope you will find a point of connection through our variety of invitations.
Throughout the Advent season we will be sharing questions and reflections drawn from our book.
And, if you would like more depth throughout this Advent season there is still time to receive Comfort and Joy to guide you through the next six weeks.
May we have open hearts to learn, reflect and grow in the coming days.
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