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Waiting Well
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Published January 1, 2025
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December 25, 2025
Waiting Well is exactly the book I didn’t know I needed this Advent. Fr. Mike’s voice - warm, honest, grounded - guides you through the season not as a checklist but as an invitation to wake up.
This isn’t about doing more; it’s about being present: to Christ, to hope, to the waiting in your own heart.
The reflections are short but rich, each one like a breath of light in the grey slump of winter. There’s humour here, there’s humility, and above all there’s tenderness - a refusal to sugarcoat the real struggle of waiting in a world that wants everything now. Advent isn’t sentimental, and neither is this book. It meets you where you actually are: distracted, impatient, burdened, and longing for something solid.
Fr. Mike has a rare gift for making deep things feel accessible without diluting them. Scripture, Church teaching, and real-life reflection dance together in a way that actually helps you wake up instead of just giving you another set of spiritual aspirations.
For anyone who finds Advent overwhelming, or empty, or just plain slow - this is the companion that makes the slow worth it.
This isn’t about doing more; it’s about being present: to Christ, to hope, to the waiting in your own heart.
The reflections are short but rich, each one like a breath of light in the grey slump of winter. There’s humour here, there’s humility, and above all there’s tenderness - a refusal to sugarcoat the real struggle of waiting in a world that wants everything now. Advent isn’t sentimental, and neither is this book. It meets you where you actually are: distracted, impatient, burdened, and longing for something solid.
Fr. Mike has a rare gift for making deep things feel accessible without diluting them. Scripture, Church teaching, and real-life reflection dance together in a way that actually helps you wake up instead of just giving you another set of spiritual aspirations.
For anyone who finds Advent overwhelming, or empty, or just plain slow - this is the companion that makes the slow worth it.
December 26, 2025
This was my favorite reflection I've ever done. Highly recommend even after Advent.
Would love one for the 12 days of the Christmas season!
Would love one for the 12 days of the Christmas season!
December 25, 2025
Wonderful way to celebrate the advent season. Short, pithy reads each day that help one focus on the meaning of advent. I plan to read this every year during Advent from now on.
December 29, 2025
This was a wonderful book to read daily with scripture, prayer and journaling. It was wonderful and refreshing to go through the advent waiting and preparation for the birth of our savior.
December 31, 2025
This is a beautiful, modern advent devotional with something for everyone. This book is a treasured gift I got at a lovely women’s event.
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