Moving Into Advent

Resources from Godspace Writers

This year has been both challenging and hope filled. Our Godspace writers have truly blessed us this year with their talented writing. We are grateful for them and their contributions this year during such uncertain times. Below, you will see what our writers are up to and ways you can support their work.

Winter/Advent

• Mary Plate DeJong: “Wild Winter: A Soulful Journey Through the Sacred Dark” is a sensory-rich engagement with the season of Winter, a sacred season of dormancy and conception, a time to put our ears close to the earth again, leaning into the primeval cycles of nature as ways to understand both Holy Mystery as well as our own sacred and wild selves.
• Jody Collins: Her Christmas season book called Living the Season Well-Reclaiming Christmas has its own website with free downloads, poetry and posts along with helpful info and links.
• Jenneth Graser: Published two eBooks: Christmas Conversations and Look up: a Book of Meditations. Also, offering Mystic Prayers Advent Retreat for FREE through Secret Place Devotion.
• Kate Kennington Steer: Introduced a series of daily photo reflections for Advent (called #adventapertures) and 2020’s theme was ‘overwhelmed by joy’.
• Kathy Escobar: Published A Weary World: Reflections for a Blue Christmas
• Lilly Lewin: Free Range Worship offers: “Advent – Sacred Space Prayer Experience“, and “Christmas Sacred Space Prayer Experience“.
• Sheila Hamil: Christmas Story Video Project – It’s free and can be downloaded and used without asking permission.
• Jeannie Kendall: Posted a poem each day of Advent on her Facebook page called “Finding Your Voice and Held in Your Bottle“.
• Lynne Baab: Recently returned to New Zealand, where she lived from 2007 to 2017. For her blog posts before and after Christmas, she will be reflecting on what it’s like to experience Christmas in the summer, a full-bodied and light-filled experience of God’s incarnation in Christ.

Others

• Tom Sine: Published 2020s Foresight: Three Vital Practices for Thriving in a Decade of Accelerating Change with Dwight Friesen through Fortress Press in September 2020.
• Keren Dibbens-Wyatt: Published Recital of Love, available for purchase through Paraclete Press.
• Steve Wickham: Published Shining Gift of God and is publishing an eBook called Six Months in the Psalms before the end of this year: a devotional on all 150 psalms.
• Cathy Lawton: Published her second collection of poetry, Glimpsing Glory, released in February 2020.
• Carol Dixon: Her prayers have been published in next year’s United Reformed Church Prayer Handbook. Other hymns and meditations have appeared the Iona Wild Goose publications.
• Fran Pratt: Published a book of litanies entitled Call and Response: Litanies For Congregational Prayer available on Amazon and Sacred Ordinary Days.
• Ana Lisa de Jong: All of her published poetry books are available on livingtreepoetry.com. She plans to publish four new books (broken up into the four seasons) early next year so stay tuned!
• Sara Easterly: Published a spiritual memoir called Searching for Mom: A Memoir, the audiobook releases later this month
• Joy Lenton: Self-published a small ebook of poetry and reflections designed to help people during a time of uncertainty and soul discouragement called Soul Shots: 31 Days of Pocket Wisdom for Your Hurting Heart

Registration and information for Blue Christmas Online

Advent Music

• Cedar Park Advent Playlist
• Christine’s Celtic Advent Playlist 
• The Rabbit Room’s Advent Playlist – recommended to me by a friend
• Advent to Christmas by Page CXVI
• Advent/Christmas Music from a Rich Array of Traditions

Multicultural Resources

• Watch Black Nativity
• Black Christmas Music Playlist
• 24 Multicultural Children’s books about Christmas
• The Ultimate List of Diverse Children’s Christmas books
• The Nutcracker in Harlem Children’s Book
• Multicultural Guide to your Advent Calendar
• Multicultural Book Advent: Books About Strong Girls

Other Godspace Resources

We have lots of resources and lists that we have updated and added for this unique Advent and Christmas season.

• Advent Activities for Families and Kids for 2020
• Helping Kids Give Back This Christmas
• Celebrate With Simplicity This Christmas
• Advent/Christmas Music from a Rich Array of Traditions
• Getting Ready for Advent/Christmas Worship Resources for the Season
• Choosing Your Scripture Readings for the Coming Year
• Who Will You Invite to the Manger?
• Advent Candle Light Liturgy
• What On Earth Are The O Antiphons

Products

• NEW DEVOTIONAL! Lean Towards the Light this Advent & Christmas + Advent Cards Bundle compiled by Christine Sine and Lisa DeRosa
• Lean Towards the Light Advent Retreat Online – video sessions by Christine Sine along with handouts to prepare for the coming of the Christ Child this Advent.
• A Journey Toward Home: Soul Travel For Advent to Lent compiled by Kristin Carroccino and Christine Sine
• Waiting for the Light: An Advent Devotional compiled by Ricci Kilmer, Susan Wade and Christine Sine
• Prayer Cards – more than Christmas gifts. These have been used for daily devotions, grief counseling, small groups and congregational prayers.

Check out the entire resource list here for more ideas for Advent and Christmas.

Godspace has a number of Advent resources available for both free download and purchase. Visit our store.

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