2024 Advent devotional recommendations
Wade through the overwhelming number of Advent resources with Amy Pagliarella's help.
Advent devotional and group study recommendations
There are so many Advent resources for church leaders to wade through, so we did some of the heavy lifting. Here is Amy Pagliarella's short list for 2023 Advent materials.
Five Advent resources to consider
Book Editor Amy Pagliarella suggests a selection of Advent resources for individual and group study.
Holy Disruption: Discovering Advent in the Gospel of Mark
"Holy Disruption reminds us Jesus’ birth matters only because by living abundantly and dying redemptively, Jesus sought to reorder the world."
The First Advent in Palestine: Reversals, Resistance, and the Ongoing Complexity of Hope
Noushin Darya Framke reviews Kelley Nikondeha's book.
A Surprising God and Beyond the Tinsel
The following short reviews were published in our Dec. 6, 2021 magazine.
Advent in Plain Sight
Beth Waltemath reviews Jill Duffield's new book.
A Weary World: Reflections for a Blue Christmas
Lynne Clements reviews Kathy Escobar's book.
Honest Advent: Awakening to the Wonder of God-with-Us Then, Here, and Now
Scott Erickson Zondervan, 224 pages | October 20, 2020 After 20 years of ministry and 20 years of worship committee meetings trying..
Unto Us a Child Is Born: Isaiah, Advent, and Our Jewish Neighbors
Tyler D. Mayfield Eerdmans, 200 pages | June 09, 2020 Given the pressure of preaching the familiar lectionary passages prescribed for Advent..
Faithful Families for Advent and Christmas: 100 Ways to Make the Season Sacred
Traci Smith Chalice Press, 128 pages | August 18, 2020 This book is God’s gift to parents, pastors and Christian education directors..
Advent for Everyone: Luke (A Daily Devotional)
Roy Howard reviews N.T. Wright's book.
