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Longing for Advent: A Guide for Prayer, Practice, and Reflection in Your Work

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Longing for Advent: A Guide for Prayer, Practice, and Reflection in Your Work
Edited by Chelsea Logan
Contributing authors: Raven Carey-James, Dr. Hilda Davis, Dr. Matthew Dickerson, Dr. W. Ryan Gutierrez, Dr. Pam King, Dr. Mark Roberts, Dr. DeLano Sheffield, Steve Teng, Rev. Inés Velásquez-McBryde, Joy-Ann Wood, and Rev. Dr. Jennifer Woodruff Tait.

What do you long for?

The longings we feel are deeply personal and profoundly human—shaping our inner lives, which in turn shape the way we work and lead those entrusted to our care. In our daily work and in the places we lead—whether in organizations, communities, or homes—we all long for purpose in what we do and a hope for something better.

Advent serves as the season best fit to hold our longings, inviting us into a space where we can reflect on what God has done, is doing, and will do through the person of Jesus and in our life, work, and leadership. And it’s in this space that we learn to long for the goodness and hope that Advent points to. We learn to long for Christ himself.

Longing for Advent invites you to press into your deepest longings as you engage with daily devotions, essays, and spiritual practices.

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Digital & Print

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128 pages

Longing for Advent: A Guide for Prayer, Practice, and Reflection In Your Work

What do you long for?

We all long for something, even if we struggle to name it. Maybe you long for financial stability or deep relational connections. Maybe you sense a desire for rest from the daily grind, or peace in the face of unrelenting anxiety and uncertainty. Or perhaps you long most for purpose and meaning in your work, or joy to bravely walk the path of leadership God has called you into.

Longing for Advent invites you to press into your deepest longings and experience them through the lens of Advent—a season illuminated by the light of what Christ has done, will do, and is presently doing in your life, work, and leadership.

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What’s Inside?

This guide is divided into four sections, one for each of the four weeks of Advent.

Each section contains:

  • A thoughtful essay with reflection questions
  • A lectio divina guide with daily Scripture readings
  • Daily devotionals
  • Practices to help you thrive this Advent season

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