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Advent
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▼▲Title: Advent By: Tish Harrison Warren Format: Hardcover Vendor: InterVarsity Press Publication Date: 2023 Dimensions: 7.00 X 5.00 (inches) | Weight: 8 ounces ISBN: 1514000180 ISBN-13: 9781514000182 Series: Fullness of Time Stock No: WW000183 |
Publisher's Description
▼▲"Christians believe not just in one coming of Christ, but in three."
We tend to think of Advent as the season of anticipation before Christmasand while it is that, its also much more. Throughout its history, the church has observed Advent as a preparation not only for the first coming of Christ in his incarnation but also for his second coming at the last day. It's also about a third coming: the coming of Christ to meet us in our present moment, to make us holy by his Word and Sacrament.
In this short volume, priest and writer Tish Harrison Warren explores all three of these "comings" of Christ and invites us into a deeper experience of the first season of the Christian year.
Each volume in the Fullness of Time series invites readers to engage with the riches of the church year, exploring how its traditions, prayers, Scriptures, and rituals all point us to Jesus.
Author Bio
▼▲Tish Harrison Warren is a priest in the Anglican Church in North America. She writes a weekly newsletter for the New York Times and is a columnist for Christianity Today. She is also the author of Prayer in the Night and Liturgy of the Ordinary. She lives with her husband, Jonathan, and their three children in the Austin, Texas, area.
Editorial Reviews
▼▲"In Advent, Tish Harrison Warren writes with her signature warmth, insight, and intelligence. Her effort to 'make Christmas weird again' succeeds from start to finish. Everything Tish writes is a must-read, and this book is no exception." -- Andrea Palpant Dilley, online managing editor of Christianity Today
"Much like Mozart's music and Shakespeare's plays, the season of Advent satisfies at so many different levelstheologically, imaginatively, affectively, ethically, liturgically, and so on. In this beautifully compact book, Tish Harrison Warren invites readers to experience the multilevel richness of Advent and to discover thereby the full richness of the triune God. Tolle lege, friends; take up and read, and let Christ himself fill you to the fullest with a life that was and is and is yet to come." -- W. David O. Taylor, associate professor of theology and culture at Fuller Theological Seminary and author of Open and Unafraid
"Like myself, many Christians in the United States today did not grow up in traditions that practiced the liturgical calendar. For us, Tish Harrison Warren's book Advent is a godsend because it makes the spirituality and practices of the season relevant and accessible. Finally, a book relating to Christian spiritual formation that is rooted in the great tradition of the church!" -- Kurtley Knight, assistant professor of spiritual formation at George Fox University's Portland Seminary
"What a rich work that encourages deep discipleship, as Tish Harrison Warren invites us to remember that learning to wait with hope is central to following Jesus Christ. In this world where darkness often seems stronger than light, Warren reminds us that throughout the centuries Advent has been a time to look honestly at the darkness while attending to the light of Christ, our true hope. In this cultural moment marked by impatience, this book encourages us to receive Advent as a training in patience and hope. Christians who have long practiced Advent and those who might be considering it for the first time will find in this volume a beautiful and timely invitation to embrace it as a means of grace." -- Kristen Deede Johnson, G. W. and Edna Haworth Professor of Educational Ministries and Leadership at Western Theological Seminary and author of The Justice Calling
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