{"product_id":"watch-for-the-light-readings-for-advent-and-christmas","title":"Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection, born of obvious passion and graced with superb writing, is a welcome even necessary addition to the glutted holiday bookshelves. \u003ci\u003e-- Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough Christians the world over make yearly preparations for Lent, there's a conspicuous lack of good books for that other great spiritual season: Advent. All the same, this four-week period leading up to Christmas is making a comeback as growing numbers reject shopping-mall frenzy and examine the deeper meaning of the season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEcumenical in scope, these fifty devotions invite the reader to contemplate the great themes of Christmas and the significance that the coming of Jesus has for each of us - not only during Advent, but every day. Whether dipped into at leisure or used on a daily basis, Watch for the Light gives the phrase \"holiday preparations\" new depth and meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes contributions by these and other writers: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eC. S. Lewis, Madeleine L'Engle, Thomas Merton, and Philip Yancey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDorothy Day, Henri Nouwen, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Oscar Romero, and Edith Stein\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMartin Luther, Meister Eckhart, Eberhard Arnold, and Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eT. S. Eliot, John Donne, and Sylvia Plath\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKarl Barth, Will Willimon, Jürgen Moltmann, and J. B. Phillips\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKathleen Norris, Brennan Manning, and Evelyn Underhill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnnie Dillard, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Gerard Manley Hopkins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRomano Guardini, St. John Chrysostom, and Giovanni Papini\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJane Kenyon, Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster, Isaac Penington, and Alfred Delp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 087486917X\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780874869170\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, Dillard, Annie, Merton, Thomas\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Plough Publishing House\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Plough Publishing House","offers":[{"title":"HardCover (Sep 2014)","offer_id":45659304132805,"sku":"9780874869170","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780874869170.jpg?v=1768908092","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/watch-for-the-light-readings-for-advent-and-christmas","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}