"In Advent we prepare for the coming of all Love." --Madeleine L'Engle "At the birth of Jesus, an event of cosmic significance by which we humans still mark our calendars, the invisible and visible worlds come together." --Philip Yancey "Help us to realize, as those who love and believe in you that we, too, are pregnant with Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit, and that day by day we are being enlarged." --Luci Shaw The first Christmas sermon preserved in church history was preached by St. John Chrysostom in AD 386, in which he declared, "Behold a new and wonderful mystery!" In this volume, the Christian literary writers of the Chrysostom Society reflect on Advent and Christmastide as a bright and meaningful season of anticipation and glory. Through forty-two readings from the first Sunday of Advent through Epiphany, contributors prepare us in watchful waiting for the coming of Jesus. We enter slowly so that the familiar can astonish us and become wondrous once again. Jesus is born in Bethlehem. But not only there. He is also born in us, that we might bear his presence and impart his goodness to the world.
"At the birth of Jesus, an event of cosmic significance by which we humans still mark our calendars, the invisible and visible worlds come together." --Philip Yancey Rediscover the Wonder of Christ's Birth with 42 Days of Reflection Prepare your heart and spirit for the Advent season with A Radiant Birth, an inspiring anthology written by the members of the Chrysostom Society. This collection offers six weeks of deeply reflective readings, guiding you through the seasons from the first Sunday of Advent through the twelfth day of Christmas. Readings in this volume include: In a Mad Mad World, God Welcomes our Merrymaking by Philip Yancey Star by Eugene Peterson Into the Darkest Hour by Madeleine L'Engle Sermon on the Nativity by St. John Chrysostum A Blessing for the New Baby by Luci Shaw A Welcome-Unwelcome Traveler in Narnia by Matthew Dickerson, and many more This volume draws its heart from the words of St. John Chrysostom, who preached the earliest preserved Christmas sermon, "Behold a new and wonderful mystery!" Through these pages, the Christian literary voices of the Chrysostom Society prepare readers in Advent and Christmastide as seasons radiant with anticipation and divine glory. In A Radiant Birth, you'll find Forty-Two Days of Readings - Immerse yourself in forty-two moving reflections, thoughtfully curated to guide you daily from Adven