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Celebrating Abundance: Devotions for Advent
To “prepare for Christmas� in our society is to be sucked into a vortex of indulgence, from decor to gifts to calorie-rich foods. Layer upon layer of tinsel, lights, and wrapping paper create the illusion of abundance, disguising the feeling of emptiness in our souls. The arrival of the Messiah, by contrast, is true abundance disguised by the impression of scarcity. Training our eyes to see through the rough stable, the adolescent mother, and the anxious escape to Egypt, we can see in that poverty and powerlessness the wonder of God's abundant life and grace coming down to dwell among us.
This powerful devotional by best-selling author Walter Brueggemann includes daily reflections on the Scriptures and stories of Advent in order to invite us to see beyond the world's faux extravagance and realize the true feast laid out before us. Twelve prayers are also included for the twelve days of Christmas.
This powerful devotional by best-selling author Walter Brueggemann includes daily reflections on the Scriptures and stories of Advent in order to invite us to see beyond the world's faux extravagance and realize the true feast laid out before us. Twelve prayers are also included for the twelve days of Christmas.
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Published September 10, 2017
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Walter Brueggemann
316 books572 followersWalter Brueggemann was an American Christian scholar and theologian who is widely considered an influential Old Testament scholar. His work often focused on the Hebrew prophetic tradition and the sociopolitical imagination of the Church. He argued that the Church must provide a counter-narrative to the dominant forces of consumerism, militarism, and nationalism.
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December 27, 2019
A great sampling of Brueggrmann’s look at the world focused on Advent. He moves through texts and contrasts the world’s despairing vision and opens readers up to God’s incredible, daily abundance. I enjoyed this devotional through Advent.
December 28, 2020
Amazing
This is an amazing devotional! Highly encouraging, well researched and thoughtful, and short but deep. Each day presented something beautiful about the reality of Christ; why He came, what sort of world He came into, and what that has to do with us!
This is an amazing devotional! Highly encouraging, well researched and thoughtful, and short but deep. Each day presented something beautiful about the reality of Christ; why He came, what sort of world He came into, and what that has to do with us!
January 5, 2025
Excellent little Advent and Christmastide book, highly suggest!
December 26, 2020
Refreshing. A beautiful and surprising walk through Advent.
December 19, 2019
I can't recommend it. I did try to use it as was suggested in doing morning devotions. I know there are some people who really liked it but I thought it was somewhat superficial. Although he talked about abundance a great deal I didn't get much of the celebration.
I often felt that rather than allowing scripture speak to him, he knew what he wanted to say and manipulated scripture to support it.
I was very disappointed in this book because I usually like Brueggemann. One friend who read it said it seemed like he was trying to meet a contractual obligation.
I often felt that rather than allowing scripture speak to him, he knew what he wanted to say and manipulated scripture to support it.
I was very disappointed in this book because I usually like Brueggemann. One friend who read it said it seemed like he was trying to meet a contractual obligation.
December 30, 2020
If you've read any of Brueggemann's other works, then you are familiar with what you'll get here and will be rewarded. You get his usual depth of insight when it comes to reading the prophets for today, but this little book would be time well-spent if only for Breuggemann's prayers included with each day's reading.
January 13, 2019
My wife and I read this for Advent. Brueggemann includes Advent (with 28 days of devotions arranged from the "First Sunday of Advent" to the "Fourth Saturday of Advent") and then Christmas Eve and Christmas. This year (2017) that left you on your own on Sunday 12/23 (the "5th Sunday of Advent"?) but it then resumed with devotions for Christmas Eve and Christmas. This will change every year since Advent has different lengths. Unlike many Advent devotions, Brueggemann also includes devotions for the following "12 Days of Christmas" so it extends the reading if one is doing it daily.
Brueggemann's devotional has a theme of preparing for a change. He says "Advent is preparation for the demands of newness that will break the tired patterns of fear in our lives. This change is hopeful and can be wonderful, fulfilling God's promises.” And "It is promised that the cycles can be broken, disarmament will happen, and life can be different. It is promised and it is coming, in God’s good time." His devotions were an excellent (but not totally persuasive) antidote for my cynicism. He is deep-thinking and there were times when one needed to meditate at length on his meaning, but it was a very fruitful endeavor.
Brueggemann prays "Soon or late, we know your promises will be kept, O God. We know that a new earth follows in the wake of your new heaven, and so we wait with eager longing. Keep us attentive to your rule. Empower us to overcome unjust contrivances and gamble toward your newness. Amen"
His outlook is somewhat liberal and that may offend some. On Christmas Day he prays (beautifully I think) "On this holy Christmas Day we remember the innkeeper in Bethlehem, the one who turned the couple away. He said, “Sorry, full up; no room!” We do not know: perhaps he was full, but perhaps he turned away such disheveled, weary, poverty-stricken customers as bad for business. If so, “no room” was only an excuse. We know about such excuses: No room for immigrants; No room for gays. Before that, no room for blacks. Before that, no room for women. But Christ squeezed in anyway, made room in the inn, in the village of Bethlehem, and in the world. The Christ Child defied the verdict of “no room” and made room for many more. We promise, dear Christ child, that we will make room as did you, Even for those who are so unlike us. Amen."
If that prayer strikes a cord in you, consider using the devotional for your upcoming Advent devotional -- I don't think you will be disappointed.
Brueggemann's devotional has a theme of preparing for a change. He says "Advent is preparation for the demands of newness that will break the tired patterns of fear in our lives. This change is hopeful and can be wonderful, fulfilling God's promises.” And "It is promised that the cycles can be broken, disarmament will happen, and life can be different. It is promised and it is coming, in God’s good time." His devotions were an excellent (but not totally persuasive) antidote for my cynicism. He is deep-thinking and there were times when one needed to meditate at length on his meaning, but it was a very fruitful endeavor.
Brueggemann prays "Soon or late, we know your promises will be kept, O God. We know that a new earth follows in the wake of your new heaven, and so we wait with eager longing. Keep us attentive to your rule. Empower us to overcome unjust contrivances and gamble toward your newness. Amen"
His outlook is somewhat liberal and that may offend some. On Christmas Day he prays (beautifully I think) "On this holy Christmas Day we remember the innkeeper in Bethlehem, the one who turned the couple away. He said, “Sorry, full up; no room!” We do not know: perhaps he was full, but perhaps he turned away such disheveled, weary, poverty-stricken customers as bad for business. If so, “no room” was only an excuse. We know about such excuses: No room for immigrants; No room for gays. Before that, no room for blacks. Before that, no room for women. But Christ squeezed in anyway, made room in the inn, in the village of Bethlehem, and in the world. The Christ Child defied the verdict of “no room” and made room for many more. We promise, dear Christ child, that we will make room as did you, Even for those who are so unlike us. Amen."
If that prayer strikes a cord in you, consider using the devotional for your upcoming Advent devotional -- I don't think you will be disappointed.
January 4, 2018
Relatively recently I've discovered the value of set devotionals that deepen engagement with the Christian seasons - first with Rohr's Advent devotional in 2016, then Brueggemann at Lent, and again with Brueggemann at Advent 2017 (with a side-helping of NT Wright via four Advent pieces that were given away for free on his website this Christmas).
The genius of Brueggemann is always in the way he brings forward ancient texts and makes them active in the current world, with an activist, counter-cultural point of view. In this devotional (which is actually a collection of segments from disparate lectures and sermons ordered as daily readings) he rarely addresses the epoch-shifting occurrence of the incarnation as a historical event. In other words, he doesn't much talk about the birth of Jesus and the arrival of the kingdom in the past tense.
Advent isn't a remembrance so much as an on-going process of anticipation and imagining in which the kingdom takes shape in a present-future tense. The redeemer has come, is now coming, will come. The kingdom has come, is now coming, will come. And we are invited to inhabit and participate in that space.
The structure of the book caused a bit of confusion - it allows for a four-week Advent followed by the 12 days of Christmas, which commence on Dec 25. I started three weeks out from Christmas, and had to play catch up when I realised I was out of kilter. Also, because Christmas doesn't always fall on the same day of the week (unlike the end of Lent), the devotional will nearly always need the reader to do some editing to fit the calendar for each particular year.
With the 12 days of Christmas, the daily readings shift to a mediation/prayer style which I really enjoyed, and there was something about observing the 12 days (Dec 25 - Jan 5) that gave Christmas extra weight of importance (rather than the celebration suddenly ending on Dec 25 some time after left-over ham has been eaten for supper and the opening of presents is a thing of the past).
The genius of Brueggemann is always in the way he brings forward ancient texts and makes them active in the current world, with an activist, counter-cultural point of view. In this devotional (which is actually a collection of segments from disparate lectures and sermons ordered as daily readings) he rarely addresses the epoch-shifting occurrence of the incarnation as a historical event. In other words, he doesn't much talk about the birth of Jesus and the arrival of the kingdom in the past tense.
Advent isn't a remembrance so much as an on-going process of anticipation and imagining in which the kingdom takes shape in a present-future tense. The redeemer has come, is now coming, will come. The kingdom has come, is now coming, will come. And we are invited to inhabit and participate in that space.
The structure of the book caused a bit of confusion - it allows for a four-week Advent followed by the 12 days of Christmas, which commence on Dec 25. I started three weeks out from Christmas, and had to play catch up when I realised I was out of kilter. Also, because Christmas doesn't always fall on the same day of the week (unlike the end of Lent), the devotional will nearly always need the reader to do some editing to fit the calendar for each particular year.
With the 12 days of Christmas, the daily readings shift to a mediation/prayer style which I really enjoyed, and there was something about observing the 12 days (Dec 25 - Jan 5) that gave Christmas extra weight of importance (rather than the celebration suddenly ending on Dec 25 some time after left-over ham has been eaten for supper and the opening of presents is a thing of the past).
December 28, 2020
Abundant, abundance, abound, bountiful, and abounding are some of my favorite words because of the bounty they imply, and because I love their resonant sound. Advent in the global North well may be a chilly, wintry, meteorological season of increasingly bleak dark days, but as the compiler's introductory note reminds us, Advent also is a season about God's "relentless generosity" that opens wide futures we seriously believed had been obliterated. A season to celebrate? Always!
Richard Floyd compiled these devotions that start on the First Sunday of Advent and extend through the twelfth day of Christmas; he wrote the prayers following each entry. For most of this short book a scripture reading from Old or New Testament, a reflection, and a prayer for each day fits on two facing pages, though each isn't always the same length. (I mention that only because in the Keeping Holy Time lectionary study series every Sunday comes out to exactly the same length.) Scripture-Devotion-Prayer ends at Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and then each of the twelve days of Christmas features a page-long prayer.
Organizer/compiler Richard Floyd chose a perfect title for each day. With Christmas always on 25th December, you may need to tweak how you use this book by excluding a few of Week Four's or (better) by contemplating more than one in a single day. These feel a little long if you need a resource for when you get to open a meeting with a devotional and prayer, but they're an excellent length for your own study and consideration.
Richard Floyd compiled these devotions that start on the First Sunday of Advent and extend through the twelfth day of Christmas; he wrote the prayers following each entry. For most of this short book a scripture reading from Old or New Testament, a reflection, and a prayer for each day fits on two facing pages, though each isn't always the same length. (I mention that only because in the Keeping Holy Time lectionary study series every Sunday comes out to exactly the same length.) Scripture-Devotion-Prayer ends at Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and then each of the twelve days of Christmas features a page-long prayer.
Organizer/compiler Richard Floyd chose a perfect title for each day. With Christmas always on 25th December, you may need to tweak how you use this book by excluding a few of Week Four's or (better) by contemplating more than one in a single day. These feel a little long if you need a resource for when you get to open a meeting with a devotional and prayer, but they're an excellent length for your own study and consideration.
March 23, 2023
I picked up this book both because the title drew my attention and because I've heard Walter Brueggemann speak and have appreciated his intellect. I thought that this book was a theological tome on the topic of abundance, as described in scripture, with specific reference to the New Testament, as Brueggeman is a New Testament scholar. So I was surprised when my copy arrived in the mail and I realized that Celebrating Abundance is actually a thin devotional volume, designed to be used during the Advent season.
No problem. It was nearly Advent when I picked it up, so I began to read it day by day and . . . well, it just didn't speak to me. I see the shape of what Brueggemann was doing here, I think; he's looking at the Advent season, and the ministry of Jesus more broadly, as an expression of the extravagance of God. The inbreaking of the Incarnation is an overwhelming event in history, not easily understood by human minds. It is an act of abundance, in and of itself. I get it.
That just wasn't the book I thought I was going to be reading. I was hoping for a deeper understanding of how God's abundance works, and how we can find our way to living in that abundance now, even when we feel tired, weak, hungry, or poor. I was looking for a gospel of the here and now. In these short reflections, Brueggemann works on a much broader and metaphysical plane, and it didn't click for me.
Some books come at just the right time for our need and condition. Reading this book convinced me that some books come at just the wrong time for us too.
No problem. It was nearly Advent when I picked it up, so I began to read it day by day and . . . well, it just didn't speak to me. I see the shape of what Brueggemann was doing here, I think; he's looking at the Advent season, and the ministry of Jesus more broadly, as an expression of the extravagance of God. The inbreaking of the Incarnation is an overwhelming event in history, not easily understood by human minds. It is an act of abundance, in and of itself. I get it.
That just wasn't the book I thought I was going to be reading. I was hoping for a deeper understanding of how God's abundance works, and how we can find our way to living in that abundance now, even when we feel tired, weak, hungry, or poor. I was looking for a gospel of the here and now. In these short reflections, Brueggemann works on a much broader and metaphysical plane, and it didn't click for me.
Some books come at just the right time for our need and condition. Reading this book convinced me that some books come at just the wrong time for us too.
January 6, 2020
I have always loved Brueggemann's unwavering focus on the extravagant abundance of God that dispels our oft preoccupation with scarcity. He invites us to dream big dreams as we imagine the newness that Advent promises each year.
The quote below particularly caught my attention. And it was the very first reading on the very first day of advent. It is easy for me as I begin my second year of retirement to imagine that my most fruitful and "productive"days are behind me. This view is challenged by hope in the promise of newness that God always offers those who long for his presence and goodness:
Getting ready time is mainly abrasive … asking, thinking, pondering, and redeciding.
. . . In truth, however, being baptized with God’s holy spirit does not mean charismatic acting out. It means, I take it, we may be visited by a spirit of openness, generosity, energy, that “the force” may come over us, carry us to do obedient things we have not yet done, kingdom things we did not think we had in us, neighbor things from which we cringe. The whole tenor of Advent is that God may act in us, through us, beyond us, more than we imagined, because newness is on its way among us.
Advent is preparation for the demands of newness that will break the tired patterns of fear in our lives.
The quote below particularly caught my attention. And it was the very first reading on the very first day of advent. It is easy for me as I begin my second year of retirement to imagine that my most fruitful and "productive"days are behind me. This view is challenged by hope in the promise of newness that God always offers those who long for his presence and goodness:
Getting ready time is mainly abrasive … asking, thinking, pondering, and redeciding.
. . . In truth, however, being baptized with God’s holy spirit does not mean charismatic acting out. It means, I take it, we may be visited by a spirit of openness, generosity, energy, that “the force” may come over us, carry us to do obedient things we have not yet done, kingdom things we did not think we had in us, neighbor things from which we cringe. The whole tenor of Advent is that God may act in us, through us, beyond us, more than we imagined, because newness is on its way among us.
Advent is preparation for the demands of newness that will break the tired patterns of fear in our lives.
September 3, 2017
This Advent devotional taps into the current psyche of the world. The entries tap into the fears and anxieties many of us are experiencing today. What can the season of Advent bring to such fears?
The daily devotionals build on one another to plot a journey toward Christmas. Each offers words of hope and promises of newness. Yet each is a call to action: some a call to work within a person's heart and mind, and in others, a call to engage the world.
The devotionals portray two kingdoms, founded on polar opposite principles. For us, on this side of Christmas, the kingdom anticipated by Advent is already here; it is breaking in and disrupting the old order. It is not here in its fullness yet, but its power -- hope, joy, love, peace -- can be experienced in part today. Advent is the breaking through of the gospel that defeats the old order based on powers of fear, oppression and marginalization; built upon inequalities, hate, and violence. Each day through Advent the reader is invited to meditate on a small part of this.
The devotional ends with Christmas Day, but contains additional short thoughts and prayers for each of the Twelve Days of Christmas.
(This review based on ARC supplied by the publisher through NetGalley.)
The daily devotionals build on one another to plot a journey toward Christmas. Each offers words of hope and promises of newness. Yet each is a call to action: some a call to work within a person's heart and mind, and in others, a call to engage the world.
The devotionals portray two kingdoms, founded on polar opposite principles. For us, on this side of Christmas, the kingdom anticipated by Advent is already here; it is breaking in and disrupting the old order. It is not here in its fullness yet, but its power -- hope, joy, love, peace -- can be experienced in part today. Advent is the breaking through of the gospel that defeats the old order based on powers of fear, oppression and marginalization; built upon inequalities, hate, and violence. Each day through Advent the reader is invited to meditate on a small part of this.
The devotional ends with Christmas Day, but contains additional short thoughts and prayers for each of the Twelve Days of Christmas.
(This review based on ARC supplied by the publisher through NetGalley.)
December 25, 2017
This is an absolutely wonderful resource for Advent preparations! Walter Brueggemann has come out with yet another terrific book, this time to help our Christian journey of expectation and preparation for Christmas. A daily scripture, reflection and prayer for each day of the 4 weeks of Advent, Brueggeman builds upon his well-known perspective of viewing life as abundance rather than scarcity, and the clear biblical message of God's special care for the poor, outcast and broken. In many ways this resource challenges the commercial Christmas of our time and helps pull us back to the true meaning of Advent and the significance of God with us, Emmanuel.
Highly recommended for Advent, the readings are not tied to the Lectionary, so it can fit nicely for any year.
Highly recommended for Advent, the readings are not tied to the Lectionary, so it can fit nicely for any year.
January 6, 2024
I've read bits and pieces of Brueggemann's words over the years but this is the first book, admittedly a short one, and it's tremendous. An Advent and Christmas devotional, yes, it carries through to 6 January.
1.5 pages of contemplation based on a verse that heads up each day and then a short prayer to close it out.
I especially loved his mindset that underpins the devotional: Jesus came into the world to make everything new! Yes, us, the world and everything in between. Jesus brings abundance in the newness.
The focus on this perspective has lingered with me and has encouraged me to consider this new year in light of newness. Abundant newness. With Jesus.
I'd suggest I'll revisit this devotional next Advent/Christmas season.
1.5 pages of contemplation based on a verse that heads up each day and then a short prayer to close it out.
I especially loved his mindset that underpins the devotional: Jesus came into the world to make everything new! Yes, us, the world and everything in between. Jesus brings abundance in the newness.
The focus on this perspective has lingered with me and has encouraged me to consider this new year in light of newness. Abundant newness. With Jesus.
I'd suggest I'll revisit this devotional next Advent/Christmas season.
October 2, 2017
Celebrating Abundance by Walter Brueggemann is a devotional of advent that hopes to refocus our thoughts as we get ready for Christmas. Our society has changed what Christmas is all about. This book tries to provide an alternate view, that of the abundant life Christ brought in such an unexpected, humble way. I love how Brueggemann can write simultaneously with such simplicity and complexity. This Christmas devotional is one to be savored and shared with loved ones. I highly recommend this book to anyone who hopes to refocus their thoughts on Christ and the abundant gift He gave. I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for my honest review.
January 26, 2018
I almost passed this up based on the title, because the Advent and Christmas seasons seem to celebrate abundance in a fully worldly fashion, as in excessive. But, as a fan of Brueggemann's theologically reflective and culturally current writings, I dived into it on the first Advent Sunday. The format of scripture, reflection, and concluding prayer worked into a very satisfactory daily meditation time for Advent. However, the format changed for the twelve days of Christmas to a sort of guided meditative prayer which I did not find as good for me. Nevertheless, I will probably use this book again.
May 27, 2018
Celebrating Abundance Is an advent devotional It gives you what the author thinks about what relates to the Scripture verse for the day. Then he prays. Now he add things as to what else he thinks the Scripture should say for what happened like Mary said such and so to the innkeeper - to me that is wrong to do because for people who are new christians may believe that that's true because they don't know what the Scripture yet like a seasoned Christian would - Now that was just my opinions that might not be someone else's. I received a copy of this book from thee Publisher and Netgalley; all of the opinions expressed in this review are all my own.
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December 28, 2021
Enjoyed Brueggemann’s Lent devotional so figured I should try the Advent as well. Unfortunately this one felt far too political in nature, particularly pulling interpretations from Scriptures feeling like inserted opinion than accurate exegesis.
Walter gives excellent points on resisting the naturalistic and capitalistic cultures of consumerism, particularly around the holidays. However, he is also the type to never mention sin, why the incarnation was required, or what this mysterious “gospel newness” he discusses is.
He’s got some good things to think about here and there, but I would highly recommend Paul Tripp or Malcom Guite’s advent devotions instead.
Walter gives excellent points on resisting the naturalistic and capitalistic cultures of consumerism, particularly around the holidays. However, he is also the type to never mention sin, why the incarnation was required, or what this mysterious “gospel newness” he discusses is.
He’s got some good things to think about here and there, but I would highly recommend Paul Tripp or Malcom Guite’s advent devotions instead.
January 12, 2023
I've never seen an Advent devotional before. But now I have. I have enjoyed reading some other works of Walter Brueggemann before (i.e. Sabbath as Resistance; Message of the Psalms; Praying the Psalms), and my wife introduced this one to me and we decided to go through it during this Advent season.
It was organized in 5 parts; each of the four weeks, with a devotion and prayer for each day (between 1-2 pages each), followed by 12 days after Christmas (1 page each). So, it is very practical and succinctly written with powerful punches of truth thoughts to reflect and act upon. It helped me to think about the stories and season in fresh new ways. Recommended reading for next year!
It was organized in 5 parts; each of the four weeks, with a devotion and prayer for each day (between 1-2 pages each), followed by 12 days after Christmas (1 page each). So, it is very practical and succinctly written with powerful punches of truth thoughts to reflect and act upon. It helped me to think about the stories and season in fresh new ways. Recommended reading for next year!
December 30, 2019
Walter Brueggemann's insight into the waiting time of Advent is both poignant and hopeful. His wise words carried me through a unique Advent (we sold our house, lived for a time with our daughter and moved to Colorado to another temporary home). So many of the prayers in the book comforted me while the readings kept me anchored to the larger story of God's redemptive plan through Jesus Christ. Recommended.
January 8, 2023
An advent devotional that starts on the first Sunday of Advent and extends into the 12 days of Christmas (finishing Jan 5). Each devotional has a passage of Scripture and a devotional about anticipating Christ's coming and the meaning both then and now.
This was good, and Brueggemann includes some unexpected Scripture passages beyond those about the nativity that I appreciated being tied to Christmas. It wasn't my favorite Advent devotional I've read, but it was still good.
This was good, and Brueggemann includes some unexpected Scripture passages beyond those about the nativity that I appreciated being tied to Christmas. It wasn't my favorite Advent devotional I've read, but it was still good.
January 5, 2021
The Advent section of this book was what Iʻve come to expect from Brueggemann - thoughtful and insightful; definitely soul-satisfying. The readings for the 12 days of Christmas, however, were less helpful... I found them less profound and less satisfying; like going from a steak dinner to drinking milk.
December 28, 2025
I picked this up several years ago and only got to it this year, where it served as a beautiful and inspirational balm to the events of 2025. There may be better advent devotionals — this is the first I’ve ever tried, but I may pick this one up again in the future and this year it felt perfect for what I needed through this dark December.
December 21, 2017
Was reading this during Advent, for which it is designed, but it’s not very good for class discussion. No class 12/24, so I’ve had enough. Wouldn’t recommend this — but tastes vary, don’t they? This is not mine. So abandoned shelf it is.
January 9, 2018
Definitely one of the best in category, I felt. I have lots of Advent devotionals, and this is hit the spot in a way that they don't often do. Only disappointment was the post-Advent prayers/meditations for the Christmas season were a little thin.
December 30, 2019
Some of the entries or reflections are better than others but honestly, everyday there was something to reflect upon. I'm really glad this ended up being my advent devotional for the year, in many ways it was one of the books to read to end off the year with.
December 26, 2020
An advent devotional by day with 12 prayers for the 12 days of Christmas. The daily devotionals are taken from writings or sermons by Walter Brueggemann and compiled by Richard Floyd. They emphasize the new changes that come as a result of the birth of jesus. Nice thought pieces.
December 28, 2020
Brueggemann is a champion. I adore everything he writes. To me, he sees the world through the lens of the gospel, and everything he challenges us to do Christ Himself would challenge also. What a powerful way to spend the 2020 Advent season. Thank you, Walter.
December 21, 2022
A good day-to-day devotional book. Interesting to see W. B. outside the academic world, doing short hermeneutical works for the devotion.
Good book to be inspired before Christmas and the newness message of a new world beginning.
Good book to be inspired before Christmas and the newness message of a new world beginning.
December 31, 2022
This book was recommended for us by my pastor. It was good. I need to have a Kingdom of God perspective and see that God is really doing things in this world. It's easy to get discouraged about what we seen around us. A good balance!
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