7 Things → Pregnancy in Scripture, Advent Books, & a few of my friends
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My latest for Parade Magazine: 17 Bible Verses About Pregnancy (I went a little bit Bible teacher on this one).
I decided it was fitting to share them with my email readers first. 2-5 this week highlight my Advent book selections for this year.
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I’m telling you about this one first, because I have a feeling Christianity Today won’t. It’s an Orthodox Christian offering, with eight contributing authors!
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Author Lesley Leyland Field is such a champion of Christian writers. She edited this Advent collection, along with Paul J. Willis and other members of the Chrysostom Society.
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This one’s been out a few years, but it’s a topic near and dear to my heart. How do we read Isaiah during the Christian liturgical Advent season, while honoring its place among Jews and Judaism? May we all ask questions like this.
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I have a feeling this might be a classic for some. Madeleine L’Engle has a collection of writings, from Advent clear through Christmastide. Celebrating the holiday season with this delightful woman sounds blissful.
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This article about Orthodox Farmhouse Brewery is by my friend, Seth Haines. He and his wife, Amber, just released this book, Deep down Things: Practices for Growing Hope in Times of Despair.
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A terrific article about parenting differently than perhaps you were parented, by my friend, Laura Costea. Check out her very good fiction book, The Inheritance, too.