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A Family Advent: Keeping the Savior in the Season
A perfect Advent celebration guide for families! Celebrating the season of Advent keeps us focused on the most importantreasons we celebrate Christmas. A Family Advent presents guidedheartfelt and thought-provoking devotionals with fun facts, journeys back in time, activities, and much more.This book is a perfect way to get the whole family together for a few minutes every day to discover fun yet meaningful ways for keeping Jesus the center of the season. Do you know what each verse of The Twelve Days of Christmas really means? Do you know how many different kinds of angels there are or which nativity character is most like you? Do you know how wonderful God's gifts of Hope, Peace, Love, and Joy are? It's time to find out. Begin your journey by lighting the first candle!
103 pages, Hardcover
First published September 30, 2008
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December 16, 2019
This is an excellent Advent devotional for both children and adults. I used it when my son was young and I still use it now that he's grown and gone.
It has scripture and a piece of biblical history for each day of the week as well as fun activities for children.
It's the best advent devotional I've found.
It has scripture and a piece of biblical history for each day of the week as well as fun activities for children.
It's the best advent devotional I've found.
November 28, 2014
The Christian tradition of Advent -- anticipating the coming of Christmas with a month of reflection -- has been observed for centuries. The use of the advent wreath probably began with Martin Luther in the late 1400's, and in the rush of modernity, many Protestants have fallen out of the habit of observing the ceremony. This book is intended to help Christians re-institute the tradition in their homes.
There are four weeks of 5-10 minute daily devotions consisting of a brief scripture passage and 2-3 paragraphs to be read aloud, followed by a brief prayer. It appears to be written by a collaborative team, since there's no author cited, and its visual presentation is quite beautiful. Each week has a page with interesting historical facts about Christmas, and an activity to try out with your children. It's designed to appeal to a broad variety of Christians, and for that reason it lacks some theological specificity: The meditation on John 3:16 on p. 60, for example, says that Jesus died to provide a way for us to reach the Father, but it doesn't mention our sin which required His death. But you don't find the kind of doctrinal specificity I might prefer, you probably also won't find much to offend.
This is an easy-to-use resource for parents who want a zero-prep, brief devotional for a busy holiday season. It's easy to read, reasonably engaging, and everyone will learn something. The suggested activities are well-chosen, except perhaps for stargazing in December (brr). It's best suited to an upper-elementary audience, but readings are brief enough that smaller kids will probably sit through it.
There are four weeks of 5-10 minute daily devotions consisting of a brief scripture passage and 2-3 paragraphs to be read aloud, followed by a brief prayer. It appears to be written by a collaborative team, since there's no author cited, and its visual presentation is quite beautiful. Each week has a page with interesting historical facts about Christmas, and an activity to try out with your children. It's designed to appeal to a broad variety of Christians, and for that reason it lacks some theological specificity: The meditation on John 3:16 on p. 60, for example, says that Jesus died to provide a way for us to reach the Father, but it doesn't mention our sin which required His death. But you don't find the kind of doctrinal specificity I might prefer, you probably also won't find much to offend.
This is an easy-to-use resource for parents who want a zero-prep, brief devotional for a busy holiday season. It's easy to read, reasonably engaging, and everyone will learn something. The suggested activities are well-chosen, except perhaps for stargazing in December (brr). It's best suited to an upper-elementary audience, but readings are brief enough that smaller kids will probably sit through it.
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