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Sacred Space For Advent And The Christmas Season 2021-22
$3.99Add to cartAdvent, a joyful time of preparation for the birth of Jesus, can be further enriched with Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2021-22, a daily prayer experience from Sacred Space, the internationally known online prayer guide.
Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season invites readers to develop a closer relationship with God during this season of preparation and anticipation. What we know and trust about the Sacred Space online prayer experience is now available in a compact, portable print format to heighten our Advent prayer practice in a way that is accessible, engaging, and meaningful to daily life.
Throughout the Advent season, each day includes a Scripture reading and points of reflection, as well as a weekly topic enhanced by six steps of prayer and reflection. With its small size and meaningful message, Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season is a simple way to build a richer relationship with God and embrace the Advent season as a sacred space.??
Family Advent Devotional Bible Study Book
$18.25Add to cartGain a better understanding of the church season that leads up to Christmas.
Features:
– Personal study opportunities for ongoing spiritual growth
– Family discipleship activitiesBenefits:
– Enrich yourself spiritually by immersing in the Advent season.
– Grow in spiritual maturity with optional family discipleship activities.
– Become more spiritually oriented through greater familiarity with Advent.
My First Advent Storybook
$8.99Add to cartIn My First Advent Storybook, little ones hear about the promise God made from the days of Abraham all the way to the arrival of baby Jesus. Thoughtful, rhythmic text highlights special themes of Advent and invites children to be part of the story with fun, interactive prompts.
This simple, sturdy book is ideal for:
*Children ages 0-3
*Parents, grandparents, and children’s ministry leaders
*Baby showers, adoption parties, birthdays, Christmas, and AdventParents who want to introduce their children to the big story of the Bible will love the biblical truths in My First Advent Storybook and its sweet Christmas season companion, Count My Way to Jesus.
1st Songs Of Christmas
$14.99Add to cartLet the songs of the first Christmas turn your heart toward God’s glory.
During the holidays, the songs of the season are everywhere. Their nostalgic melodies warm our hearts. But the original Christmas songs are different; they lift our hearts to a holy God. They reveal the greatness, glory, and goodness of our Savior. Taking us beyond quaint imagery and feel-good lyrics, the Advent songs of the Bible unfold God’s redemptive plan for the world and His eternal purpose for the ages.
In The First Songs of Christmas, Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth offers meditations from Luke’s gospel. This 31-day Advent devotional shines light on the ancient yet inspiring songs of Elizabeth, Mary, Zechariah, the angels, and Simeon.
These readings will lead you to the essence of Christmas. Let holy music be your companion as you approach Christmas the way these men, women, and angels did: gazing upon our God and Savior.
Rejoice Starter Pack
$44.95Add to cartThis DVD offers videos, featuring Fr. Mark Toups with Sister Miriam James Heidland and Fr. Josh Johnson, that are designed to accompany the Rejoice! Finding Your Place in the Advent Story, Journal. The journal contains daily reflections for Advent following a weekly theme, and corresponding daily prompts for prayer and journaling.
Videos:
Parish Mission Video – 25:18
Advent – Week 1 – 12:28
Advent – Week 2 – 12:58
Advent – Week 3 – 7:31
Advent – Week 4 – 12:23
Rejoice Jounal And Advent Prayer Bundle
$26.95Add to cartEnter more deeply into the Advent season with Rejoice! The Rejoice! Finding Your Place in the Advent Story journal from Fr. Mark Toups will help you deepen your appreciation of the places, people, and events of the very first Advent, so you can encounter the Lord in your own lives and hearts during Advent this year.
The prayer cards will offer a gorgeous reminder of each week of this special season. Get both and experience an Advent more peaceful, more joyful, and more meaningful than ever before.
The Advent prayer cards feature six stunning images from Mike Moyers. On the back of each are short prayers to mark key moments of the Advent season:
The Blessing of the Advent Wreath
Week 1: The Lighting of the First Candle
Week 2: The Lighting of the Second Candle
Week 3: The Lighting of the Third Candle
Week 4: The Lighting of the Fourth Candle
A Blessing for Christmas DayProduct details (for the prayer cards):
5.5 x 8.5
Full bleed (image continues right to the edge)
Full color
Heavy card stock with UV protection
Traveling With Our Ancestors
$3.99Add to cartFrom the beloved author of Liberating Love: 365 Love Notes from God comes an inspiring Advent journey with our spiritual ancestors. In these daily devotions, Jha calls upon biblical guides – from Zechariah, to Elizabeth, to Mary -to offer wisdom and direction for the weeks leading up to Jesus’ birth. On Saturdays, Jha invites a contemporary ancestor such as Rosa Parks, Cesar Chavez, and Father Greg Boyle to help us reflect on how we can we can be better ancestors for those come after us. Each entry includes an Advent scripture, reflection, and prayer.
Good News Of Great Joy
$17.99Add to cart25 Advent Readings by Pastor and Author John Piper
Joyous reflection and eager anticipation mark the season of Christmas, as Christians around the world celebrate the coming of their Savior. In Good News of Great Joy, John Piper invites readers to refocus their hearts on Jesus during the Advent season. Each of the 25 daily readings highlights a Bible passage and a short reflection. Perfect for personal reading and family devotions, these daily readings are a great way to contemplate the magnificence of the promise of salvation through the birth of Jesus Christ.
Expected One : Anticipating All Of Jesus In The Advent (Expanded)
$12.99Add to cartEvery Christmas, Christians all over the world observe Advent, a season that reminds us of the love, hope, joy, and peace found only in Jesus Christ. Through this short and sweet family devotional (especially helpful if you’re teaching little ones with short attention spans), Scott James brings to light the many promises of Christ?from birth to ascension?that demonstrate His love for us during this Christmas season.
These daily devotions, which can be used by both families and individuals, are timeless and moving reminders of the true gift of Christmas. The Expected One is a perfect (and doable!) gift for any growing family or beloved friend who needs meaningful and biblical reminders of all Jesus is for them during the busy and the bustle of the holiday season, setting Him back in the center of it all.
Esperando Con Alegre Esperanza (Large Type)
$5.95Add to cartPreparate espiritualmente para la venida de Cristo con esta guia anual popular y atractiva. Durante los tiempos de Adviento y Navidad, especialmente ocupados, este libro ofrece reflexiones breves y concretas que llevan la oracion y la Escritura a la vida cotidiana de una manera que invita a la reflexion y que perdura. A traves de las reflexiones frescas y significativas del Catherine Upchurch sobre las lecturas del Leccionario de las Misas de la semana y del domingo, los lectores creceran en su comprension de la Palabra de Dios. Este libro ayudara a las personas ocupadas a alcanzar su meta de enriquecer su vida de oracion durante los tiempos de Adviento y Navidad.
Good News Of Great Joy
$13.99Add to cartIt’s hard to imagine Advent or Christmas without music, and that goes beyond popular carols and handbells. Author Max Vincent invites readers to discover the music in the biblical story of Christmas. Four canticles (little songs) precede, announce, and celebrate the birth of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke. These canticles invite readers to pause and consider the deeper meaning of the events surrounding his birth.
In Good News of Great Joy, 24 daily readings explore the context, content, and spirituality of these canticles. Each of the four canticles has six daily readings. The daily readings include practices and questions to encourage further reflection on these little songs. In addition, the book provides a Leader’s Guide for group study.
Luke’s canticles were some of the earliest songs of the church and are still prayed daily in some Christian traditions. Vincent encourages readers to pause and notice God’s comforting presence as they reflect on these joyous songs of Advent.
Prepare Him Room
$16.99Add to cartChristmas is a time of joy and celebration around the world. Though most Christians start out excited about the season, many find themselves sacrificing a sacred pace for the rat race, leaving them feeling more stressed than blessed. When we find ourselves counting the days until the holidays are over, we know it’s time for a holiday reset. In the hurriedness of December, it’s all too easy to forget about the sacredness of the season.
What if you approached this Advent season with an open heart, with room for God? What if you decided to be expectant that God might move in your midst? What if you made room for the true joy found in the coming of our King? Prepare Him Room invites you to give God sacred space in your holiday season, time to ponder the miracle of Christ within you, and to respond to his astonishing work in your own life.
As you begin your Christmas preparations this year, journey with bestselling author Susie Larson through Luke’s account of Jesus’ birth, life, death, and ultimate resurrection. Create some space each day, respond to God’s invitation to be still and to let Jesus radically transform you this sacred season. Let earth receive her King!
Surprising God : Advent Devotions For An Uncertain Time
$14.00Add to cartThe world is slowly emerging from the worst global emergency in a century, and the myriad struggles of the contemporary moment-division, isolation, illness, and uncertainty-make living our faith a challenge. For Christians, a number of questions have gained new urgency: Where do we find hope when it seems in such short supply? Where are the signs of God’s peace in this divided world? Where do we find a deeper sense of joy?
Thomas G. Long and Donyelle C. McCray remind us that these are the questions of Advent in their new daily devotional, A Surprising God. Mindful of the stresses of life today in a world torn apart by conflict, marked by political division, and in the midst of a global health crisis, these devotions for Advent and Christmas invite readers to honest reflection on the challenges of being people of faith in this moment. Long and McCray explore what it means to wait for our salvation, to be open to the surprising thing that God is about to do, and to find hope in God’s choice of the small and the insignificant.
Shepherd On The Search Activity Set
$29.99Add to cartEmbark on a family journey and find Christ in Christmas! During the Advent season, begin reading the story of your shepherd’s timeless journey in a beautifully illustrated interactive children’s book, and let the fun begin every day as you hide your shepherd and your children find him in a new place along the search! The shepherd’s journey begins anew every Christmas season and ends on Christmas day as your shepherd finds his way to the manger. Make meaningful Christmas memories, as year after year your family delights in helping your cuddly shepherd retell the timeless story – that focuses on the true meaning of Christmas.
Waiting In Joyful Hope
$2.00Add to cartPrepare spiritually for the coming of Christ with this popular and inviting annual guide. During the especially busy Advent and Christmas seasons, this book offers brief, down-to-earth reflections that bring prayer and Scripture into everyday life in a thought-provoking and lasting way. Through Catherine Upchurch’s fresh and meaningful reflections on Lectionary readings from the weekday and Sunday Masses, readers will grow in their understanding of the word of God. This book will help busy people achieve their goal of enriching their prayer life during the seasons of Advent and Christmas.
Waiting In Joyful Hope 2021-2020
$5.95Add to cartPrepare spiritually for the coming of Christ with this popular and inviting annual guide. During the especially busy Advent and Christmas seasons, this book offers brief, down-to-earth reflections that bring prayer and Scripture into everyday life in a thought-provoking and lasting way. Through Catherine Upchurch’s fresh and meaningful reflections on Lectionary readings from the weekday and Sunday Masses, readers will grow in their understanding of the word of God. This book will help busy people achieve their goal of enriching their prayer life during the seasons of Advent and Christmas.
Come Peasant King
$11.99Add to cartAdvent is an intentional season marked by reflections on hope, peace, joy, and love as we remember and anticipate the coming of Christ, but Advent is not marked only by reflection and waiting. During this uniquely Christian season, disciples of Jesus are also called to act in specific ways that, however small, God wants to use for kingdom purposes. In Come Peasant, King Olivia Metcalf reminds us that, as we prepare our hearts and lives for the coming of Christ, we also engage in a willingness to fully surrender to the call of God on our lives, wherever that may lead us.
Countdown To Christmas
$15.00Add to cartCapture the excitement and joy of counting down the days until Christmas with this fun hands-on Advent activity book.
Countdown to Christmas is the perfect way to spend quality time with your family during the Advent season. Create significant and unforgettable memories through Scripture readings, questions, stories, and simple activities that will help your children grasp the true meaning of the holiday.
*Make a Christmas tree ornament on Day 7
*Read a story together on Day 17
*Complete an Advent word puzzle on Day 20
*Share prayers together every day!Explore a few or complete them all. As the events in the story of Jesus’ birth and life unfold, you and your children will build bonds of tradition and faith that will last a lifetime. It is the one present all members of the family will be happy to share!
25 Days Of The Christmas Story
$12.99Add to cartThis December, spend a few moments of each day leading up to Christmas helping your family focus on the true joys and meaning of Advent with 25 Days of the Christmas Story: An Advent Family Experience. This is a devotional perfect for families of all shapes, sizes, and schedules. Each of the 25 days highlights a different person, place, or object from the Christmas story-from the prophet Isaiah to Baby Jesus, from the Christmas star to the gift of frankincense. All devotions include an easy-to-read story, character trait, activity, and more-each designed to reinforce the main theme of the day.
Your family can choose simply to read each day’s story or to go deeper and engage with each day’s features. Either way, parents and children are sure to learn and celebrate the season of Advent together while having fun in the process!
A true heirloom in the making, the book includes pages in the back where parents and kids can record memories of each day’s activities and write journal entries to look back on year after year, Christmas after Christmas.
O Come O Come Emmanuel
$13.99Add to cartO Come, O Come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel…
The familiar carol rings true with beauty and grace, but few stop to consider the deep theology of this tune.
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel: An Advent Study explores Jesus’ work on our behalf in the message of Christmas. This study will not only fuel our worship of Jesus, but help the reader foster steadfast love anchored in biblical truth now and all year long. Readers will more fully understand the anticipation and waiting that the Old Testament world endured, the light and life Jesus came to bring us, and the eternal promise that Jesus is yet ushering us into.
This beautiful resource will also include advent activities to help kids, students, and adults celebrate the Christmas season together. This Christmas season, set your focus on the anticipation and joy that only Christ can bring in this study of Advent.
Good Tidings Of Great Joy
$14.99Add to cartEngage with the story of Jesus’ birth in a unique way that’s sure to become a treasured holiday tradition.
His coming went unnoticed by most people, but it was foretold from ages past.
His birth wasn’t announced by royal proclamation, but it was lauded by the angels of heaven.
There were no servants to attend Him, but shepherds left their flocks and wise men left their homes to catch a glimpse of His glory.
At Christmastime, we gather to celebrate the birth of Jesus, an event that forever changed our world–and the hearts of billions. And there’s no better way to get in the true Christmas spirit than to immerse yourself in the story of His coming. Good Tidings of Great Joy is the story of the first Christmas as told by the Bible. Every word comes from the New King James Version of the Scriptures, but elements have been arranged to create one unbroken narrative, ideal for reading.
Thoughtfully designed, this book is the perfect addition to your holiday traditions. Read it together as a family or cozy up near the fireplace by yourself to reflect on the day that the Son of God left His heavenly throne to be placed in a humble manger.
Nuevo Comienzo
$2.99Add to cartEl padre Fragomeni aprovecha el rico tesoro de himnos de nuestra Iglesia en un enfoque musical de las meditaciones de Adviento. Se enfoca en un himno diferente cada semana, usando una linea del himno como base para la reflexion de cada dia. Los himnos incluyen Venez, Divin Messie, On Jordan’s Bank, O Come, O Come Emmanuel.
Para cada dia de Adviento a traves de la Octava de Navidad, Un nuevo comienzo brinda una oportunidad para la oracion diaria y la reflexion mientras nos preparamos para la celebracion del nacimiento de Cristo. El Padre Fragomeni nos lleva a comprender el misterio del Verbo Encarnado, escrito por el Poeta Divino.
Shadow And Light
$22.99Add to cartAdvent Doesn’t Have to be Complicated
Whether Christmas is your favorite time of year or you can’t wait for the rush to end, this invitation is for you.
Bestselling author Tsh Oxenreider wanted to stretch Christmas as long as possible. She wanted to be the fun mom with all the cookies and crafts. Yet her efforts always ended in exhaustion and even more confusion about the true spirit of the season.
Tsh longed for something simple and quick, so she created Shadow and Light. She invites you to journey with her through this scripturally based Advent devotional-loaded with reflective thoughts, and simple, doable music, art, and action activities to enjoy with your family. Its encouraging direction will help you make this sacred season a blessing instead of a burden.
Beautifully illustrated, Shadow and Light follows the traditional church calendar with an alternate reading plan for observers of a December 1-25 Advent season.
Let this become your favorite time of the year, as you enter into the joy and journey of Advent.
Honest Advent : Awakening To The Wonder Of God-With-Us Then, Here, And Now
$18.99Add to cartFor those who are looking for something honest, something real, something with a little more human grit to it and a little less conventional red and green: Honest Advent offers a new kind of devotional.
For too many of us, Christmas has lost its wonder. Maybe for you, the joy of the season is painfully dissonant with the hard edges of life right now. Or maybe you feel wearied by the way Christmas has become a polished, predictable brand. Or maybe this sacred story feels too far removed from our world today, a world that’s hard to make sense of.
But what if the Christmas story is not just something that happened a long time ago . . . but a story that is still happening today? Honest Advent: Awakening to the Wonder of God-with-Us Then, Here, and Now illuminates the astonishing, hope-filled truth that the God who showed up in the hardest parts of our humanity is still doing so today.
From celebrated artist-storyteller Scott Erickson: 25 days of heart-stirring images and thought-provoking meditations to rekindle the wonder of God-with-Us in this season. Honest Advent creates a space for you to encounter the Incarnate Christ in unexpected places: like a pregnancy announcement in an era of political unrest and empirical bloodshed, the morning sickness of a Middle Eastern teenager, and the shocking biology of birth that goes far beyond the sanitized brand of Christmas as we know it.
Then, through powerful benedictions, prayers, and questions for honest reflection, you will discover how the wonder of God-with-Us is still happening today: in your unexpected change of plans, your unaccomplished dreams, your overcrowded lodging, your humble stories of new beginnings. In a world that’s difficult to make sense of, and a season that’s so often overtaken by consumerism, find here fresh eyes to see this powerfully sacred story.
Jesus appeared in a way no one expected: incarnating by way of human vulnerability. He does the exact same thing in our lives today: bringing light and life through our ordinary everyday vulnerabilities.
Into The Heart Of Advent
$20.99Add to cartGet inside Advent with Pen Wilcock and discover what Christmas really means to Jesus as he talks to her about God, the universe and a few other things.
Penelope Wilcock invites you to listen in on twenty-five conversations she’s had with Jesus about the Christian journey and the meaning of Advent. They delve into many areas: children and families, gifts and graces, angels, homes, homelessness and hospitality – and more besides. Get ready to be surprised and challenged, as you hear Jesus’ own take on the original Christmas and what it means for our world twenty centuries later.
Rejoice Advent Meditations With The Holy Family Starter Pack
$12.99Add to cartThis Starter Pack contains the key program components for Rejoice! Advent Meditations with the Holy Family.
DVD (one 30-minute Parish Mission video and four supporting videos)
JournalThis DVD, featuring Fr. Mark Toups with Sister Miriam James Heidland and Fr. Josh Johnson, is designed to accompany the Rejoice! Advent Meditations with the Holy Family Journal. The journal contains daily reflections for Advent following a weekly theme, and corresponding daily prompts for prayer and journaling.
Videos:
*Parish Mission Video – 16:14
*Advent – Week 1 – 11:04
*Advent – Week 2 – 10:31
*Advent – Week 3 – 9:18
*Advent – Week 4 – 9:38
Let Us Go Now To Bethlehem
$14.99Add to cartThis charming devotional book takes readers on an inward journey to the miracle of Christ’s birth in the little town of Bethlehem. Many who will read this book probably haven’t actually traveled to Bethlehem. But that is of little consequence to the adventure of arriving there, to the adventure of discovery that awaits the mystery and wonder in the birth of Jesus, Todd Outcalt writes. I hope readers can discover something new that they may have overlooked in the old, old story, says Outcalt.
Let Us Go Now to Bethlehem contains devotions from Advent through Epiphany. As the Gospel of Luke attests, Let Us Go Now to Bethlehem is both an expectant declaration filled with mystery and faith. Each day can offer these same expectations and wonders for readers if they open themselves to awe and joy.
Sacred Space For Advent And The Christmas Season 2020-21
$3.99Add to cartAdvent, a joyful time of preparation for the birth of Jesus, can be further enriched with Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2020-21, a daily prayer experience from Sacred Space, the internationally known online prayer guide.
Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season invites readers to develop a closer relationship with God during this season of preparation and anticipation. What we know and trust about the Sacred Space online prayer experience is now available in a compact, portable print format to heighten our Advent prayer practice in a way that is accessible, engaging, and meaningful to daily life.
Throughout the Advent season, each day includes a Scripture reading and points of reflection, as well as a weekly topic enhanced by six steps of prayer and reflection. With its small size and meaningful message, Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season is a simple way to build a richer relationship with God and embrace the Advent season as a sacred space.??
Imagining A New World
$3.99Add to cartPause from the whirlwind of the holidays to imagine God’s vision for a new world in Christ’s coming. Inspired by the peaceable kingdom scripture from Isaiah 11, these daily, five-minute devotions include scripture, reflections, and a prayer.
The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them. -Isaiah 11: 6. In this Advent devotional centered on the beloved scripture on the peaceable Kingdom, reflect on God’s vision for a new world and what it means for us today.
Daily, five-minute devotions explore the courage to imagine, permission to change, and freedom from fear. A scripture verse and prayer round out each devotion. Written by Terri Hord Owens, the leader of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Imagining a New World offers an inspiring pause during the day to reflect more prayerfully on what the season of Advent inspires in you and your community.
Rejoice Advent Meditations With Joseph Starter Pack
$29.95Add to cartThis Starter Pack contains the key program components for Rejoice! Advent Meditations with Joseph.
*DVD (one 30-minute Parish Mission video and four supporting videos)
*JournalThis DVD, featuring Fr. Mark Toups with Sister Miriam James Heidland and Fr. Josh Johnson, is designed to accompany the Rejoice! Advent Meditations with Joseph Journal. The journal contains daily reflections for Advent following a weekly theme, and corresponding daily prompts for prayer and journaling.
Videos:
*Parish Mission Video – 32:15
*Advent – Week 1 – 9:36
*Advent – Week 2 – 11:03
*Advent – Week 3 – 12:11
*Advent – Week 4 – 11:12*Due to the seasonal nature of the program, materials for Rejoice! Advent Meditations with Joseph are not returnable.
Faithful Families For Advent And Christmas
$12.99Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of Faithful Families: Creating Sacred Moments at Home, this new book of Advent and Christmas practices provides 100 easy ideas to make the season sacred.
In the hustle and bustle of the holidays, it’s easy for families to forget the true meaning of the season. In this new book of faith practices for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany, parents, grandparents, Sunday school teachers, pastors, and anyone who cares about kids will find easy, fun, and meaningful ideas for bringing the sacred back into the season. The book is divided into three sections: prayers; practices; and lessons.
Jesse Tree Jesus Family Tree
$3.49Add to cartWho is Jesus for whom we are waiting this Advent?
Who is Jesus’ family and where did they come from?
How does Jesus connect all the way back to Abraham, Jesse, and even Adam?
Teach your children, ages 4 and up, about Jesus this Advent and Christmas season through this 16-page children’s book, using Jesse’s tree to introduce Jesus’ family tree, explaining that through Him we are part of the family of God, rooted in Christ through our Baptism.
Jesse Tree Daily Devotions
$2.99Add to cartGod made many promises to His people in the Old Testament, with His people knowing that one day he would fulfill them. Follow 26 daily devotions on how Christ fulfilled these promises in with His coming to save His people. Each devotion follows a key Bible verse and theme for that day revolving around the theme of the Jesse’s Tree Advent 2020 series.
Create And Celebrate Jesse Tree
$8.99Add to cartA unique Advent custom and a fun activity combine for an interactive way to count the days to Christmas.
The Jesse Tree represents the family tree of Jesus, introducing children to people of the Bible through the Old Testament in anticipation for his coming. Decorate a tree branch or Christmas tree with 24 easy-to-make symbols and read short stories about who each symbol represents. Templates for the symbols and Bible references are provided along with a message about the meaning of each symbol.
Create an Advent calendar with a difference for children and all the family to enjoy.
Advent Wreath : A Celebration Of Light – Blessings And Prayers For Families (Rev
$1.00Add to cartThe Advent wreath symbolizes the passage of time during the four weeks leading to Christmas. Jay Cormier encourages individuals and families to not just admire their home wreath, but to pray together around the wreath throughout the season. Three-minute prayer services for each week of Advent, and also for Christmas Eve, are offered to prepare hearts for the coming of Christ.
2000 Year Old Preacher Cycle B
$15.95Add to cartI am old and ready to die. To be truthful, I have been ready to die for years, but right now, I feel ready as I have never been before.
This quote was taken from one of David Leininger’s sermons titled Simeon: A Monologue, in which he takes at one of the most well-known stories in the Bible, Jesus’ Visit to the Temple, and looks at it from a new perspective. Throughout The 2000 Year Old Preacher, he invites his audience to do the same, observing this holiday season from a new angle.
Consider the story of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and her status as the favored one of God. In his sermon, Mary’s Complaint, Leininger references how the favored mother of Jesus does not complain during her complications as she carries the Son of God, but continues to praise His name and remain grateful for the privilege that she had been given.
Leininger uses a variety of topics to ask his congregation to view their lives from a new perspective, using sermons such as:
*Advent 3: Hark the Herald…What? (John 1:6-8, 19-28)
*Nativity of Our Lord: God Bless Santa! (Luke 2:1-20)
*Epiphany 5: Heroines of the Faith (Mark 1:29-39)So take a step back from viewing the forest and look at the trees, have a seat at the feet of God, and experience new worlds that Leininger paints with his words of wisdom throughout The 2000 Year Old Preacher.
Were On The Move Now Cycle B
$13.95Add to cartAcknowledge your gift. Use your gift for the benefit of others and to the glory of God who has ‘gifted’ you. People may not long remember your name. They may never know your name. But your gift to them will last forever.
Throughout his collection of Advent centered sermons, Ronald Love reminds us to consider all of the gifts that God has given us and to use that which makes us unique to spread the word of God. Although it might be an intimidating task to preach about Jesus to those who may believe differently, Love calls to mind the talents that God has granted us in order to do just that. He reveals that the idea of preaching to others is not an invitation from the Lord but is instead a commandment from God: What we have is a mandate to preach the gospel to all individuals.
Even if you do not believe that you are qualified enough to spread the word, God knows that he chose the right person for the job when he created you and me. Instead of doubting ourselves, love encourages us to be like Paul in his letters to the Corinthians: Paul’s attitude was that nothing will stop him from proclaiming the good news! Paul’s attitude was that no obstacle would stop him from offering the message of salvation! Paul’s attitude was that he would remain steadfast in his call to be an apostle–an ambassador–for the Lord!
Sermon titles include:
*Be Near, Ye Faithful (1 Thessalonians 5:16-24)
*The Abounding Grace of God (Ephesians 1:3-14)
*A Child of God (1 Corinthians 8:1-13)This Advent season, remember your talents, and share what you have been given with others in order to spread God’s word, just as Love uses his gifts to help us grow closer to Jesus at the time of his birth.
Shaking Reality : Daily Reflections For Advent
$12.99Add to cartInspired by Father Alfred Delp, who wrote a meditation titled The Shaking Reality of Advent while imprisoned by the Nazis during WWII, Bishop Peter B. Price has written a series of reflections and prayers to be read on each day of Advent. Each reflection is written that we may be shaken and brought to a realization of our selves in order to gain a new understanding of God’s promise of redemption and release.
Prayers For Public Worship
$12.99Add to cartThis book brings together over 300 beautiful prayers for advent and the Season of Christmas, written by four of the best-loved and most distinguished Christian writers: David Adam, Nick Fawcett, Susan Sayers, and Ray Simpson. This book is an invaluable resource for all those who prepare public worship.
Time Of Wonder
$9.99Add to cartA time of wonder, daily reflections, and prayers for advent by Siobhan O’Keeffe invites us to ponder with childlike trust the beauty and mystery of the incarnation during the holy season. We are invited to ponder with childlike trust the beauty and mystery of the incarnation during the holy season of Advent. A gift is bestowed upon us that is much greater than anything available in the marketplace. We hear God’s words of promise to us: When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart (Jeremiah 29:13). God wishes to renew our hearts, our churches, and our world. He desires that we are deeply in tune with what is really important and sacred in our lives–the presence of the holy. We are invited to savor this presence ever more deeply, to share the light of his grace with others, and to rejoice!
Road To Hallelujah
$17.95Add to cartDoes the activity and busy calendar of the Christmas season wear you out? Are you always looking for a way to slow down when everyone around you seems to be speeding up? Do you long for the old days when faith and family seemed more important than finding that perfect something for people you barely know?
The writing team of The Immediate Word has come together to offer a respite from the frenzy of a busy season; to invite you to take some time to ponder the Gift of God to the people of the earth. This daily devotional for the seasons of Advent and Christmas will help to deepen your faith during a period that has become filled with frenetic activity and distractions in our contemporary world. Explore scripture during the season of Advent with the TIW team. Take time each day during this busy holiday season to slow down – becoming closer to God and his son, the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ.
Wake Up To Advent
$20.99Add to cart‘This is the hour of crisis:
it is high time for you to wake out of sleep,
for deliverance is nearer to us now
than it was when first we believed.’
St Paul’s words of encouragement to the Christians in Rome are the springboard for the Archbishop of York’s Advent book for 2019.
Basing his reflections on the readings and prayers in the Book of Common Prayer, Archbishop Sentamu offers fresh spiritual food for the Advent journey – pressed down, shaken together and running over.
Keep Watch With Me
$16.99Add to cartKeep Watch With Me: An Advent Reader for Peacemakers is a collaborative daily devotional featuring diverse contributors: black, white, LGBTQ, Latinx, Palestinian, incarcerated, Native American, Australian, Americans, Irish, South African, clergy, laity, activists, authors, organizers, and more. The season of Advent, as the church prepares for the birth of Christ, is a penitential season of reckoning with our need and the needs of the world. Keep Watch With Me offers stories, reflections, prayers, and spiritual practices to sustain and challenge the faith of those who work for justice and peace, and long for the coming of God with us.
Daybreaks For Advent 2019
$2.99Add to cartFor God so loved the world that he gave his only Son to us, John 3:16.
Drawing from Scripture, literature, and personal experience, Fr. Rolheiser shows God’s love in such abundance that our souls yearn for that love. God lies inside us as an invitation that fully respects our freedom, never overpowers us, but also never goes away. The invitation lies there precisely like a baby lying helpless in the straw, gently beckoning us, but helpless in itself to make us pick it up.
For each day of Advent through the Octave of Christmas, Advent Daybreaks provides an opportunity for prayer and reflection on the coming of the messiah, the word made flesh.
Characters Of Christmas
$13.99Add to cartLearn Something New This Christmas. Every year we sit around our over-ornamented trees, read the Christmas story (usually from Luke 2), and talk about Jesus and Mary and Joseph. But what about the other guys? What about the shepherds and the wise men, Simeon and Anna, and Herod? What’s the deal with those characters? And what can they teach us about Jesus? That’s what The Characters of Christmas is all about. Each chapter explores a different perspective on the coming of Christ by looking through the eyes of an oft-overlooked character in the story. You’ll learn interesting background information, discover new aspects of the story, and consider questions you never thought about before. You’ll be amazed at how God used ordinary, everyday people to bring His Son into the world. Break free from the familiar this year, and discover something you never knew about the story you’ve always heard.
Nuevo Comienzo Para Adviento 2
$2.99Add to cartPorque tanto amo Dios al mundo que dio a su Hijo unico, Juan 3:16.
Usando las Escrituras, la literatura y la experiencia personal, el Padre Rolheiser muestra el amor de Dios en tal abundancia que nuestras almas anhelan ese amor. Dios se encuentra dentro de nosotros como una invitacion que respeta plenamente nuestra libertad, nunca nos domina, pero nunca se va. Dios miente alli como un bebe indefenso en la paja. El nos llama suavemente, pero no puede hacer que lo recojamos.
Para cada dia de Adviento hasta la Octava de Navidad, Adviento Un nuevo comienzo brinda la oportunidad de orar y reflexionar sobre la venida del mesias, la palabra hecha carne.
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son to us, John 3:16.
Drawing from Scripture, literature, and personal experience, Fr. Rolheiser shows God’s love in such abundance that our souls yearn for that love. God lies inside us as an invitation that fully respects our freedom, never overpowers us, but also never goes away. The invitation lies there precisely like a baby lying helpless in the straw, gently beckoning us, but helpless in itself to make us pick it up.
For each day of Advent through the Octave of Christmas, Advent Daybreaks provides an opportunity for prayer and reflection on the coming of the messiah, the word made flesh.
Best Gift Ever Given
$19.99Add to cartAn Interactive ADVENTure for Your Family
Toys and games are great, but the best gifts from God last a lifetime and beyond. Help your children understand the real meaning of Christmas with this 25-day discovery of the good things God has given us, leading up to the greatest gift of all, Jesus Christ.
From creation to Christmas, your little ones will gain a greater understanding of what God has done and how all of Scripture points toward Jesus. Each day your children will:
*learn a key Scripture verse based on that day’s brief teaching
*interact with modern and detailed illustrations that correspond to the text
*answer insightful, open-ended questions to help apply the day’s reading
*read a prayer that reinforces the biblical concept being taughtAs you walk your children through the Advent season, your family will gain a deeper appreciation of God’s goodness and develop a stronger sense of gratitude for the ultimate gift of salvation.
Begin a special new tradition in your home this December with The Best Gift Ever Given.
Freedom Is Coming
$20.99Add to cart‘Comfort, O comfort my people. . . In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord.’
The second part of the book of Isaiah rings with proclamations and prophecies that find their fulfilment in the Gospels and are still being fulfilled by followers of Jesus today.
Nick Baines invites you to think about what it meant for people in Isaiah’s day to be living in exile, and how the prophet encouraged them to keep their faith alive despite the apparent hopelessness of their situation.
At the same time, this book helps you to see the connections between Isaiah’s time and ours, and how his vision of God’s truth and justice spreading throughout the world can comfort, challenge and inspire God’s people now, just as it did back then.
Read this book and find out how you too can become a ‘light to the nations’ as, once again, we approach the celebration of Christ’s birth and the new world that God has promised to bring into being.
Jesse Tree Booklet Advent
$12.00Add to cartThe Jesse Tree Advent Devotional is a booklet designed for Catholic Families to use during Advent.
Inside the booklet you will find:
*29 Characters for the Jesse Tree
*An image for each character.
*A few powerful verses for each character.
*A kid-friend explanation that strives to give background, explain the entire story and connect this story to Jesus Christ.
*A short, powerful prayer for the family.The Jesse Tree Booklet will allow your family to have a meaningful and stress-free Advent season this year and for many years to come!
Wondrous Mystery : An Upper Room Advent Reader (Large Type)
$9.99Add to cartDuring Advent we think about a wondrous mystery: that God chose to become human and lived among us. The Savior of the world was born a vulnerable child. The king who will rule all of creation lies in a humble manger. The Wondrous Mystery invites readers to reflect on several paradoxes that make up the Advent season: light and darkness, peace and strife, solitude and community, simplicity and complexity.
This daily Advent reader incorporates meditations from Weavings: A Journal of the Christian Spiritual Life. Writers include Barbara Brown Taylor, Henri J. M. Nouwen, Esther de Waal, Walter Wink, Sue Monk Kidd, Wendy M. Wright, and other voices from Weavings, which wove together the teachings and perspectives of some of the finest theologians and teachers of Christian spiritual formation.
Compiler Ben Howard writes, The glory of the Advent season is that it is irrational. It shows us a glimpse of the way that God turns the world and our expectations upside down. . . . In a season filled with the longest, darkest nights, we are told to wait for the coming of the most beautiful light.
Wondrous Mystery : An Upper Room Advent Reader
$9.99Add to cartDuring Advent we think about a wondrous mystery: that God chose to become human and lived among us. The Savior of the world was born a vulnerable child. The king who will rule all of creation lies in a humble manger. The Wondrous Mystery invites readers to reflect on several paradoxes that make up the Advent season: light and darkness, peace and strife, solitude and community, simplicity and complexity.
This daily Advent reader incorporates meditations from Weavings: A Journal of the Christian Spiritual Life. Writers include Barbara Brown Taylor, Henri J. M. Nouwen, Esther de Waal, Walter Wink, Sue Monk Kidd, Wendy M. Wright, and other voices from Weavings, which wove together the teachings and perspectives of some of the finest theologians and teachers of Christian spiritual formation.
Compiler Ben Howard writes, The glory of the Advent season is that it is irrational. It shows us a glimpse of the way that God turns the world and our expectations upside down. . . . In a season filled with the longest, darkest nights, we are told to wait for the coming of the most beautiful light.
Be Different Cycle A
$18.95Add to cartThe 14 sermons in Be Different are based on Gospel texts with concentrations from Matthew. Sermons follow the Revised Common, Lutheran, and Catholic lectionaries.
Sermon titles include:
*Christmas is Out of Control
*Ponder This!
*Other People’s Mail
*What About Me?These homilies as well as the others in this collection are suitable for assistance in sermon preparation, personal and group study and reflection as well for use as personal devotions.
Glory Has Come
$15.99Add to cartChristmas is a supernatural invitation to divine encounter!
More than gifts and celebrations, even beyond Bethlehem, the shepherds, and wise men, Christmas is about Heaven coming to Earth in the person of Jesus!
This unique advent devotional pulls back the veil on the wonder of the incarnation! Featuring contributions from bestselling authors and Spirit-empowered teachers, each of these 25 daily entries leading up to Christmas is a unique revelation of the glory that was released by Jesus’ birth!
Contributors include: Bill Johnson, Kris Vallotton, Randy Clark, Heidi Baker, Robert Henderson, John Arnott, Lana Vawser, Ana Werner, Lance Wallnau, Kevin Zadai, and more!
Prepare for an Advent journey unlike any other! Discover how;
*the Christmas season can be a special time of visitation and encounter with God.
*Jesus’ incarnation connected Heaven and Earth in a supernatural way.
*Glory in the highest releases favor, blessing and power on Earth.
*angels and angelic activity accompany the glory of God.
*to experience God’s glory every season of the year.Encounter Jesus in powerful new ways and experience the fullness of the glory that Christmas made possible!
Sacred Space For Advent And The Christmas Season 2019-20
$3.95Add to cartAdvent, a joyful time of preparation for the birth of Jesus, can be further enriched with Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season 2019-20, a daily prayer experience from Sacred Space, the internationally known online prayer guide.
Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season invites readers to develop a closer relationship with God during this season of preparation and anticipation. What we know and trust about the Sacred Space online prayer experience is now available in a compact, portable print format to heighten our Advent prayer practice in a way that is accessible, engaging, and meaningful to daily life.
Throughout the Advent season, each day includes a Scripture reading and points of reflection, as well as a weekly topic enhanced by six steps of prayer and reflection. With its small size and meaningful message, Sacred Space for Advent and the Christmas Season is a simple way to build a richer relationship with God and embrace the Advent season as a sacred space.?
Low : An Honest Advent Devotional
$5.99Add to cartAmidst the bright lights and wrappings of a sentimentally saturated Christmas season, we tend to forget about the gritty, messy reality of the Advent story as it was experienced 2,000 years ago. In this honest Advent devotional, best-selling progressive Christian author John Pavlovitz reminds us that God came to meet us in the low places of our lives — and that Jesus continues to come low this Advent season. When we plant our feet firmly in the dirt of everyday life, we see Jesus meeting us in the low places: when we live humbly, when we seek forgiveness, in our grief and suffering, when we act on behalf of someone else, when we pray. As we walk the road of Advent, Jesus reminds us the invitation is not to escape this world to an elevated Heaven somewhere else, but to bring Heaven down. God with us is Jesus, getting low. Each devotional includes a scripture and Advent reflection on Jesus meeting us on the ground.
Behold The Child Daily Devotions
$2.49Add to cartJesus’ incarnation means more than that He was born to a young mother who had no place to lay Him other than a manger. It means that we have comfort knowing that this fully human Child can relate to our struggles, and we have hope knowing that the same fully divine Child paid for our sins on the cross.
This Advent, help your congregants reflect on the miracle that was Jesus’ incarnation. The devotional book is part of the Behold the Child worship planning series, which allows the busy preacher to bring to his congregation the answer to the question that is heard in the church during Advent: Who is this King of glory? (Psalm 24:8-10). The devotional book aligns with the sermons, Bible studies, and worship services in the series to help congregants meditate on the weekly themes during the entire Advent season.
Christmas In The Four Gospel Homes
$13.00Add to cartHow might a house look for Christmas based on what each Gospel says about it? In Christmas in the Four Gospel Homes, beautiful illustrations from architect Kevin Burns reimagine each of the four Gospels as a house, which the church visits at Christmas. In each section, Cynthia M. Campbell reflects on the distinctive perspective of the birth of Jesus or the incarnation offered by each Gospel. Suitable for individual or group study, Christmas in the Four Gospel Homes creatively reimagines the season and inspires new and exciting reflection for Advent.
