12/13/15
Chris Breslin
Psalm 98, Luke 2:10-11
“The joy of God has gone through the poverty of the manger and the agony of the cross; that is why it is invincible, irrefutable.” –Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil” –God’s Grandeur by Gerard Manley Hopkins
“Does God proclaim Himself in the wonders of creation? No. All things proclaim Him, all things speak. Their beauty is the voice by which they announce God, by which they sing, “It is you who made me beautiful, not me myself but you.” –Saint Augustine of Hippo
Advent Resources
Light Upon Light: A Literary Guide to Prayer for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany edited by Sarah Arthur
Cardiphonia Resources for Advent compiled by Bruce Benedict
God is in the Manger by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Oak Church Advent Resources compiled by Chris Breslin
Living the Christian Year: Time to Inhabit the Story of God by Bobby Gross
Mary Had a Baby: An Advent Bible Study Based on African American Spirituals by Cheryl Kirk-Duggan & Marilyn Thornton
Song of the Stars: A Christmas Story by Sally Lloyd-Jones
Silence and Other Surprising Invitations of Advent by Enuma Okoro
Unwrapping the Greatest Gift: A Family Celebration of Christmas by Ann Voskamp
Advent Calendar (poem) by Rowan Williams
God With Us edited by Gregory Wolfe
Why This Jubilee?: Advent Reflections on Songs of the Season by James Howell
Theology of Joy videos (featuring Miroslav Volf, NT Wright, Willie Jennings, Jurgen Moltmann, Nicolas Wolterstorff and others)
