Advent Reading Suggestions -2020

Here are a few suggestions for devotionals and daily readings for Advent! Ask your favorite local bookseller to order one for you.

A Weary World Reflections for a Blue Christmas by Kathy Escobar 
In A Weary World, Escobar provides twenty-eight daily reflections paired with prayers and practices to honor our struggles during the holidays.  There are also free resources available for group and additional study;  A Weary World additional resources

Always a Guest by Barbara Brown Taylor
While this is not an advent devotional, this collection of stories and sermons of faith, grace and, and hope will do well for weekly or daily reading. 

Advent for Everyone: A Journey with the Apostles by N.T. Wright

Biblical scholar and author N. T. Wright provides his own Scripture translation and brief reflection, helping readers understand Advent in the wider context of God’s love. Each week discusses key themes for the season: thanksgiving, patience, humility, and joy. 

The Advent Story Book by Laura Richie

The Advent Storybook offers a simple question at the end of each story that helps readers engage in understanding the bigger story God wants us all to know—the good news of Jesus. 

"God With Us' by Katie Pawlack

"God With Us" makes the celebration of Advent simple, memorable, and gospel-focused. Daily readings correspond with twenty-five symbols from the Old and New Testaments.  Short prayers and extension activities provide a flexible and engaging approach to celebrating Advent.  Following in the tradition of The Jesse Tree, in the days leading up to Christmas a tree, banner, or branch is decorated with ornaments depicting symbols from stories in the Bible that point ahead to the lineage and birth of Christ, the long-awaited Messiah. Images of hand-embroidered felt ornaments accompany each day's reading. The appendices at the back of the book list the verses referenced for each reading in full, as well as images of each day's ornament or symbol that can be photocopied and made into ornaments. 

Unwrapping the Names of Jesus by Asheritah Ciuciu
This devotional leads readers through the four weeks of Advent (Hope, Preparation, Joy, and Love). Each week includes an interactive family devotional that equips readers to celebrate Advent together, offers five daily reflections that focus on that week's name of Jesus, and includes suggestions for fun-filled family activities or service projects.  

More Suggestions! Visit these blog posts from the past few years to find some other reading recommendations: 

Advent 2019

Advent 2018 

Advent and Christmas Favorites