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Advent is a full-church experience. It is part of our devotion time and part of our communal time of studying and worshiping together as a congregation. The books below are particularly suited to engaging all of these aspects of the season by providing unique spiritual opportunities for individuals, resources for group study, and inspiration for sermon series. Find the book below that will best bring the meaning of Advent to your congregation. Books with Digital Resources for Worship & Study Ten ordinary objects prompt readers to see the near kingdom of heaven on earth and ponder what that divine proximity enables and asks them to do and be. This book can be used for individual devotion, group study, or for preaching inspiration AN ADVENT PROGRAM The publisher has also created free digital resources, which include a group study guide, sermon series guide, and images for use during worship or study. Read an Excerpt Buy Now and Save 35%! Access Digital Study & Worship Resources For many of us during the holidays, the magnitude of our weary world weighs on our hearts and minds. In A Weary World, Kathy Escobar provides twenty-eight daily reflections paired with prayers and practices to honor these struggles. Ideas for a Blue Christmas service are also included. AN ADVENT PROGRAM The publisher has also created free digital resources, which include images designed to enhance your small groups and worship services and adaptations for many of the practices to use for a virtual Blue Christmas worship service. Read an Excerpt Buy Now and Save 35%! Access Digital Study & Worship Resources Bestsellers Ideal for Your Congregation This Advent 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. Read an Excerpt Buy Now and Save 35%! With its enchanting themes of snow and cold, light and darkness, meals and gifts, temptation and sin, forgiveness and hope—and even an appearance by Father Christmas—C. S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe fits naturally into the Advent season. These twenty-eight devotions alternate between Scripture and passages from the novel to prompt meditation on Advent themes. Each devotion also includes questions for reflection. The book also provides several resources for churches, including four sessions for small group discussion and ideas for creating a "Narnia Night" for families. Read an Excerpt Buy Now and Save 35%! In Isaiah 9:6, a divine utterance is given to us using four royal titles- Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. Names for the Messiah ponders each royal designation and how the people understood it then, how Jesus did or did not fulfill the title, and how Christians interpret Jesus as representative of that title. Read an Excerpt Buy Now and Save 35%!

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