Advent

Experience the warmth of Christmas through the winsome wit and wisdom of beloved writer G. K. Chesterton. Find encouragement for the holiday season with selections of Chesterton's writings accompanied by commentary, scripture readings, and reflections! 

Christmas With G.K. Chesterton: A 5-Day Advent Devotional

The Essential Journey to Bethlehem provides you with one short scripture reading each day followed by a reflection question or two designed to help you see how God promised the world a Savior and then kept that promise.  Join us on the journey from Old Testament prophecies about Christ's birth to the blessed stable in Bethlehem where he was born.

Journey To Bethlehem

Advent is a season of waiting, remembering, and rejoicing. We wait for Christ’s return, celebrating His first coming even as we wait and long for His return. We remember the brokenness of our world and how He will bring restoration and wholeness when He comes. And we praise Him, remembering the joy we have as we place our hope in Christ. The God Who Restores Bible study journal leads us through the season of Advent, a season of waiting and great expectation of our coming by through our eternal King.

Love God Greatly - the God Who Restores: Advent

Through studying the names of God, we get to know our Savior more fully and spend time adoring Him for who He is. God shows Himself to us through His names because of His great love for us. We, in turn, have the privilege of loving, worshiping, and resting in Him on an even deeper level during this reflective time of year.

Love God Greatly - His Name Is....

Christmas is a reminder. It pulls us back to the center, to what matters most and where we belong. In the broken places, in the waiting, in the hoping, we are not alone. God has come to dwell with us. In this 5-day devotional, journey with Sandra as we pair scripture with classic hymns and songs from her new album, “Christmas.”

Christmas by Sandra McCracken

The Advent season is a time of preparation that directs our hearts and minds to Christ’s second coming at the end of time and also to the anniversary of the Lord’s birth on Christmas. This Advent Plan can help you to enter in to the season with daily scriptures to prepare you spiritually for the birth of Jesus Christ.

Advent: Prepare For The Coming Of The Word

Are you looking for Jesus amid the tinsel and bows? He is here for you, but when you encounter Him, what will your response be to the God-child? These guided audio Meditations from the Manger will follow along with the Magi, Mary, Joseph, the Shepherds, and Simeon. Contemplating their thoughts, fears, and passions as they encounter the birth of the Wonderful Counselor, mighty God, everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace.


Meditations From The Manger

Is there a “right way” to celebrate Jesus during Advent? Do you have to "do all the things" in order to check the Advent box? This Advent, go deeper into the mystery and majesty of Emmanual, God with us, and invite God to reveal his past, current, and forever presence in the world and in your life as we wait, yes, but also receive Him right now.

Celebrating Advent: Embrace Jesus in This Season

There are many hymns that express the wonderful promises that surround our Savior's birth. These devotions are based on several of those hymns.