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Advent: Readings, Songs, Meditations, Prayers for a Family Celebration
Advent is the season of the Christian Year that begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas. It is a time for celebrating Jesus as the light of the world.
Author Dean Summers says, "Advent was never part of my family’s religious tradition. But we gave it a try to see if it could slow down December to allow us to savor the Christmas season. It did! And we have been celebrating Advent ever since. Advent the book is a little package of readings, songs, meditations, and prayers from my family to yours. In it, you will find a simple, meaningful way to celebrate Advent with your family and friends."
Available from Holly House Publications, hollybooks. See Author Profile for the hollybooks website.
Author Dean Summers says, "Advent was never part of my family’s religious tradition. But we gave it a try to see if it could slow down December to allow us to savor the Christmas season. It did! And we have been celebrating Advent ever since. Advent the book is a little package of readings, songs, meditations, and prayers from my family to yours. In it, you will find a simple, meaningful way to celebrate Advent with your family and friends."
Available from Holly House Publications, hollybooks. See Author Profile for the hollybooks website.
88 pages, Paperback
First published September 12, 2014
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About the author
Dean Summers
10 books3 followersDean Summers, author of The Good Life, Marching to Zion, and To Sit at the Welcome Table, is the Consultant for Discipleship & Christian Leadership Development with Holly House School of Christian Ministry. Here at Goodreads, Dean’s bookshelves include three for books recommended in the School of Christian Ministry: scm1, scm2, and scm3 (a shelf for each SCM level).
Dean is an accomplished haiku poet, published in Modern Haiku, Frogpond, The Heron’s Nest, Cicada, and Brussels Sprout.
His work draws from his experience as a leader of an urban Christian kibbutz; as an executive director of an organization that facilitated partnerships between suburban and urban Christian congregations; as a college student in Japan, India, and Israel; and as a college teacher in South Africa.
For samples of Dean’s haiku, and to learn more about the School of Christian Ministry, visit Holly House Publications, www.hollybooks.com.
Dean is an accomplished haiku poet, published in Modern Haiku, Frogpond, The Heron’s Nest, Cicada, and Brussels Sprout.
His work draws from his experience as a leader of an urban Christian kibbutz; as an executive director of an organization that facilitated partnerships between suburban and urban Christian congregations; as a college student in Japan, India, and Israel; and as a college teacher in South Africa.
For samples of Dean’s haiku, and to learn more about the School of Christian Ministry, visit Holly House Publications, www.hollybooks.com.
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September 23, 2014
The days between Thanksgiving and Christmas can go by in a blur of frenzied holiday activities and frantic holiday shopping. Christmas itself can be a letdown. Back when our kids were little, my wife and I discovered a way to slow down the days of December so we could savor the Christmas Season and Christmas Day.
Our family would gather each evening at suppertime and we would begin the meal by lighting the candles of an Advent wreath. We would read a Bible verse and sing a verse of a favorite Christmas carol. Each night we would focus on a part of the world to recall what we were hearing in the news about the troubles there and to pray for God to bring hope and healing to the people there.
Here is a little package of readings, songs, meditations, and prayers from my family to yours. In it, you will find a simple, meaningful way to celebrate Advent with your family and friends.
Our family would gather each evening at suppertime and we would begin the meal by lighting the candles of an Advent wreath. We would read a Bible verse and sing a verse of a favorite Christmas carol. Each night we would focus on a part of the world to recall what we were hearing in the news about the troubles there and to pray for God to bring hope and healing to the people there.
Here is a little package of readings, songs, meditations, and prayers from my family to yours. In it, you will find a simple, meaningful way to celebrate Advent with your family and friends.
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