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  Manger Throne : Celebrating Christmas Through Song

  $22.99

  “Glory be to You alone, King who reigns from a manger throne.”

  During the holidays, Christmas music is everywhere we go–on the radio as we drive, at the mall as we shop for Christmas presents, and even at home as we carry out our various Christmas traditions. But how often do we stop to really listen to the music playing in the background?

  Written by award-winning Christian songwriter Tony Wood, Manger Throne is a Christmas devotional to help you celebrate Advent. Each day thoughtfully examines lyrics from Christmas songs alongside Scripture and invites you to pause and reflect on the true meaning of Christmas.

  This 28-day devotional includes:

  *Daily entries based on lyrics the author has written with or for well-known artists such as *Michael W. Smith, Zach Williams, for KING and COUNTRY, and Phil Wickham,
  *Scripture readings to help you meditate on the true meaning of Christmas,
  *Written prayers to help jumpstart your conversation with God,
  *Beautiful illustrations to accompany the text.

  This Christmas season, take time to reflect on the true meaning of Christmas and embrace the invitation to join the angels in worshipping our Savior.

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  And His Name Shall Be Called

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  Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace.

  Whether we hear it read aloud or sung by a massed choir, Isaiah 9:6 resonates with lifelong churchgoers, spiritual seekers, and even those dipping a toe into the things of God for the first time.

  This Advent, step into the wonder of the season through the ancient words of the prophet Isaiah and the stirring music of Handel’s Messiah. In And His Name Shall Be Called, beloved pastor and scholar James Howell invites you to reflect deeply on the promise of God’s presence by exploring the four names given to the Christ child in Isaiah 9:6: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace.

  Each week of this devotional centers on one of these titles, with daily reflections that draw from scripture, theology, and music to explore the many ways God is with us — in the past, today, and in the future. Through Howell’s thoughtful insights and pastoral wisdom, you’ll discover how these names are not just ancient poetry but promises still unfolding in our world today.

  With special ties to Handel’s Messiah, this devotional includes curated Spotify and Apple Music playlists to enrich your experience — helping you connect your spiritual reflections with the power of music in worship and contemplation.

  Written by Rev. Dr. James Howell — senior pastor of one of the largest United Methodist congregations in the U.S. and author of the bestselling Unrevealed Until Its Season — this new Advent devotional will touch your heart and lead you to Christmas with joy and hope.

  Whether you’re reading alone, with family, or as part of a small group, And His Name Shall Be Called will be a meaningful Advent companion, revealing surprises and great treasures to help you make sense of who God really is and what life with God is, and could be, like.

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  Come Thou Long Expected Jesus

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  Open your heart to the good news of Christmas

  The Christian year is fundamentally a roadmap for pilgrims, as biblical witnesses lead spiritually hungry people on a journey to receive the full riches of God’s grace. During Advent, we take the first steps.

  In Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus, Andy Langford and Ann Langford Duncan invite you on an Advent-to-Christmas pilgrimage to draw closer to Jesus and invite others to join you on this journey. Traditional Scripture readings and acts of worship reveal anew the treasures of God’s grace for all people. Let this book guide you to open your heart to the priceless gifts of the good news. Start your pilgrimage today and experience the full riches of God’s love.

  During Advent and Christmas, explore:

  *An Early Prophet: Isaiah
  *Two Later Prophets: John the Baptist and John the Theologian
  *The Mother of God and First Disciple: Mary
  *The First Witnesses: Angels, Shepherds, Simeon, and Anna
  *Grace Born in Bethlehem

  In addition to the book, other study components include a Leader Guide and video available on DVD.

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  Art Of Living In Advent

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  Nurture a Heart that Waits with Joyful, Expectant Faith

  Step into the Advent season with The Art of Living in Advent, a beautifully crafted daily devotional by Sylvie Vanhoozer, who blends Scripture, history, art, and reflection to enrich your spiritual preparation for Christmas. Centered around the traditional French santons, or “little saints,” this book invites you to imagine Christ’s presence in your daily life-right where you are. Through thoughtful devotions, original artwork, and prompts for prayer and reflection, this devotional offers a creative and meaningful way to deepen your faith this Advent.

  With her exquisite illustrations and daily devotions, Vanhoozer encourages readers to recognize themselves as part of the nativity, welcoming Christ into the everyday. This Advent, discover how to nurture a heart that watches and waits with joyful, expectant faith. This devotional offers a pathway to quiet reflection, spiritual growth, and attentiveness to Christ.

  Key Features:

  *Creative Engagements: Scripture, prayers, reflection prompts, and daily activities designed to inspire.

  *Aesthetic Beauty: Original botanical artwork by the author and illustrations of Provenal santons.

  *Rich Tradition: Explore the story behind French santons and their connection to faith in the everyday.

  *Daily Devotions: Each day includes a passage, devotional content, and practical applications focused on Christ’s presence.

  Begin Your Advent Journey

  Discover a new way to welcome Christ this season by ordering your copy of The Art of Living in Advent today. Each day of Advent, take a step toward becoming a person who knows how to watch and wait joyfully with expectant faith in Christ’s presence and activity in your own person and place.

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  Anne Neilsons Christmas Angels

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  Embrace wonder and focus your heart amid the hustle and bustle of the holiday season.

  Are you longing for the peace, hope, love, and joy that surrounds the holiday season? Anne Neilson’s Christmas Angels invites you to calm and reflect on the wonder of the Savior’s birth along with the angels who brought the good news to the shepherds that first Christmas.

  Bestselling author and fine artist Anne Neilson beautifully captures the angels’ essence in this devotional designed especially for Advent. Gorgeous, original art showcases Anne’s timeless angels, which are accompanied by daily devotions, that will guide you into the sacred beauty of the Christmas season.

  This stunning and inspirational book:

  *Weaves all-new art from Anne with Bible verses, poetry, prayers, and personal reflections

  *Offers devotions for each day of Advent, organized weekly in the themes of hope, love, joy, and peace

  *Makes a perfect hostess gift for holiday parties, Christmas gift for fans of Anne’s art and previous books, or self-purchase to include as part of your own Christmas traditions

  In these 28 entries focused on Advent, Anne reflects on the angels’ special role in the Christmas story through devotions and stories that will bring your heart closer to the reason for our hope–a baby born in a manger. Let Anne Neilson’s Christmas Angels prepare your heart for the Savior who is the best gift we could ever offer or receive.

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  Advent Tree : Meeting Jesus In God’s Big Story

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  Jesus may have been born to an obscure young couple in a backwater town, but his family tree told a greater story.

  Jesus was born into the rich legacy and sacred history of the Jewish people, with lineage said to go back to King David and rooted in the whole history of the Hebrew Bible. This Advent, find out how this little baby we worship became the savior that he was and discover your place with Jesus in the big story of God and God’s people.

  Inspired by the centuries-old Jesse Tree tradition, pastor Kara Eidson presents forty Scriptures from across the Bible to explore how Jesus, his family, and followers were shaped by all that had come before him–the epic story of God and God’s people–and how we, too, are part of God’s story as followers of Christ today. Enhanced by daily illustrations symbolizing each Scripture, this Advent devotional guides readers from ancient stories and prophecies to the manger and beyond to deepen faith and grow in appreciation of Jesus as Messiah.

  Daily readings for Advent through Epiphany are organized into weekly themes for congregational use. Family devotions and worship resources make The Advent Tree useful in settings from home to classroom to pulpit, while downloadable versions of the daily illustrations offer a creative outlet for contemplative coloring or decorating a tree.

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  Voices Of Advent

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  Experience Advent with the Scriptures that inspire Christmas.

  In Voices of Advent, Matthew L. Skinner leads readers through biblical texts and explores how they shape our lives and Christmas celebrations. We listen as Jesus promises to return to us in the future, to John the Baptist as he prepares the way for the Messiah, to the faithful people and poets who anticipate the magnificence of Jesus’s birth, and to the angels and visionaries who praise God when Christmas dawns. Listen carefully to the Bible’s various perspectives that shape our preparations for Christmas; you’ll hear hope in all of them. Voices of Advent helps readers experience Advent not only as the start of the Christian Church Year, but also as the powerful overture that sets the tone for the incredible story of Jesus

  In addition to the book, other study components include a Leader Guide and video available on DVD.

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  Comfort And Joy

  $16.99

  Connect with what truly matters this holiday season

  In the hustle and bustle of the season’s endless to-dos, it can be difficult to truly connect with what matters-honoring beloved traditions with family and friends, being present in our communities, and experiencing God in the celebration of Jesus’ birth. In Comfort and Joy, authors Sherah-Leigh Gerber and Gwen Lantz offer a unique blend of thoughtful reflections and inspiring spiritual practices grounded in noticing the sacred amid the ordinary. Two friends who forged a friendship and a blog through a shared love of writing, together they bring fresh insight, warmth, and opportunities for spiritual nurture and growth. In these pages, you’ll find ways to engage more deeply with favorite traditions and cultivate creative space for new ones.

  With readings to walk through the Advent and Christmas season, the weekly offerings include a variety of devotional meditations and invitations. Scripture texts drawn from A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church by Wilda C. Gafney accompany reflections, journal prompts, and spiritual practices to help us slow down and savor this meaningful and holy Advent journey.

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  All Creation Waits Childrens Edition

  $20.99

  From bestselling author Gayle Boss, a stunningly illustrated picture book edition of her beloved Advent book, All Creation Waits. Now young readers too will be caught up in the wonder of 24 woodland animals adapting to the season of dark and cold.

  Each day of Advent a different animal shows children its own amazing way to meet the dark and cold. Wood Frog freezes into a frog-shaped cube of ice! For six months Painted Turtle doesn’t breathe! Woodchuck can’t be wakened, even if shaken! With each creature, children hear the refrain: The dark is not an end. It’s a door. It’s the way a new beginning comes.

  Here is the ancient truth of Advent enacted in the lives of 24 common woodland animals and culminating in the birth of the Human One who perfectly lived that truth.

  Children open the book’s double-page spreads as they would the doors on an Advent calendar–one, and only one, each day. “Animal wonderment” reflection questions at the back of the book help children stay with just one animal, one page spread, each day. In an often chaotic “holiday season,” children learn to slow down and wait with all creation.

  Written in lilting poetic lines, children ages 5 to 10 will delight in the sounds of the words as well as the vivid descriptions of animals’ winter lives. They’ll learn the elegant intricacies of creatures as small as honeybees, as large as black bears.

  Original watercolor paintings by award-winning artist Sharon Spitz convey the radiance of each creature.

  With this beautiful picture book, adults and families who have loved the original edition of All Creation Waits can now welcome younger children into the practice of reflective waiting-with-creation through Advent. Perfect for grounding young ones in the wonder of wild things.

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  Jesus Listens For Advent And Christmas

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  This devotional collection of prayers and reflections from Sarah Young’s bestselling Jesus Listens and Jesus Calling prepares your spirit for the Savior’s coming, helps you spend the days of Advent and Christmas with intentionality, and carries you into the New Year with your heart and mind fixed on Jesus.

  Enjoy more peaceful moments this holiday season with Jesus Listens–for Advent and Christmas. This inspirational holiday devotional also includes Scripture verses, and words of hope from God’s heart to yours.

  Jesus Listens–for Advent and Christmas is ideal for:

  *Anyone longing to draw closer to Jesus during the Advent and Christmas season.
  *Those who are looking for comfort, calm, and peace in place of the holiday bustle.
  *Families who want to cultivate a tradition of Advent prayers and devotions together.

  This full-color prayer book includes:

  *Prayers, reflections, and Bible verses based on the Christmas story and prophecies of Jesus’ birth.

  *Stunning seasonal illustrations, making this holiday treasure a beautiful gift or keepsake.

  As you pray Scripture throughout this holiday season, you’ll experience not only God’s answers, but also how prayer connects you to God, changes your heart, and brings peace and joy to one of the greatest celebrations of the year.

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  Heavens Light Breaking

  $19.96

  Prepare your heart for Christmas with Heaven’s Light Breaking a beautiful, giftable 25-day Advent devotional from beloved pastor and bestselling author Greg Laurie.

  This Christmas, take time each day to slow down and focus on the joy of the season. In Heaven’s Light Breaking: A 25 Day Advent Devotional, best-selling author and pastor Greg Laurie shares wisdom, Scripture, and prayers designed to help you connect with God and find hope and peace amid the holiday rush.

  From the miracle of the virgin birth to the visit from the magi, Heaven’s Light Breaking offers a fresh perspective on the most treasured days of the year. Each of Laurie’s warm and engaging readings will uplift your spirit, inspire your thinking, and encourage you to savor the special nature of the Christmas season.

  Whether you read each day’s devotional entry alone or with your loved ones, let the warmth and love of God’s presence fill your heart and soul as you mindfully celebrate Christ’s wondrous birth this advent.

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  Jesus Storybook Bible Advent Activity Book

  $16.99

  This is your guide to a complete and creative celebration of the holiday season, filled with crafts, games, recipes, songs, and activities for every day of Advent. The Jesus Storybook Bible Advent Activity Book highlights the significance of the Nativity and meaning of God’s most precious gift.

  The Jesus Storybook Bible Advent Activity Book is a journey through the Bible stories in both the Old and New Testaments that lead to Christmas. It includes:

  *24 days of crafts along with songs, recipes, and activities to celebrate Advent, with easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions and color photos

  *Variations on the activities to make them appropriate and accessible for all ages and families

  *A perforated insert with punch-out Jesse Tree ornaments that correspond with the stories of Advent

  *A heartfelt letter and reflection from New York Times bestselling author Sally Lloyd-Jones

  *All supplies needed are commonly found around the house or easy to obtain.

  This Christmas, start new holiday traditions with your family with The Jesus Storybook Bible Advent Activity Book, based on the bestselling The Jesus Storybook Bible, with over 6 million copies sold.

  Other titles by Sally Lloyd-Jones include: The Jesus Storybook Bible, The Jesus Storybook Bible Christmas Collection, and Song of the Stars.

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  Radiant Birth : Advent Readings For A Bright Season

  $18.00

  The first Christmas sermon preserved in church history was preached by St. John Chrysostom in AD 386, in which he declared, “Behold a new and wonderful mystery!” In this volume, the Christian literary writers of the Chrysostom Society reflect on Advent and Christmastide as a bright and meaningful season of anticipation and glory. Through forty-two readings from the first Sunday of Advent through Epiphany, contributors prepare us in watchful waiting for the coming of Jesus. We enter slowly so that the familiar can astonish us and become wondrous once again.

  Jesus is born in Bethlehem. But not only there. He is also born in us, that we might bear his presence and impart his goodness to the world.

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  All Creation Waits Gift Edition

  $24.00

  A special gift edition of the bestselling book for Advent that reveals the wisdom and wonder of animals in the natural world

  In twenty-five portraits depicting how wild animals of the northern hemisphere ingeniously adapt when darkness and cold descend, we see and hear as if for the first time the ancient wisdom of Advent: The dark is not an end but the way a new beginning comes. Short, daily reflections capture in vivid detail the intricate and astonishing ways that familiar animals, from the honeybee to the porcupine, prepare for winter. Each day’s reading is paired with a charming original woodcut illustration. Anyone who feels tired of the consumer hype of “the holiday season” will be refreshed and awakened to the eternal truth the natural world reveals.

  This special gift edition:

  *Includes a new introduction, with suggestions for how the book can be used during Advent

  *Features inspirational thoughts from men and women through the ages – scientists, poets, and philosophers – who have found God through the beauty of creation

  *Includes an Afterword, bringing readers up to date on what has happened since All Creation

  *Waits was first published

  *Invites quiet reflection during an often-chaotic holiday season

  *Prompts meaningful conversations between children and adults, church groups, book clubs, creation care classes, and much more

  Written with quiet passion and backed by extensive research, All Creation Waits has captured the minds and hearts of thousands of readers of all ages, from children to adults. Gayle Boss invites us to realize that God can be known in all creatures, and that paying attention to these creatures makes us more fully human, more fully ourselves.

  “The practice of Advent has always been about helping us to grasp the mystery of a new beginning out of what looks like death. Other-than-human creatures–sprung, like us, from the Source of Life–manifest this mystery without question or doubt. The more I’m with animals and the more I learn about them, the more I know they can be more than our companions on this planet. They can be our guides. They can be to us ‘a book about God…a word of God, ‘ the God who comes, even in the darkest season, to bring us a new beginning.” –from All Creation Waits

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  Making Room In Advent

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  Preparation for the Christmas season can often feel busy and frantic, but it doesn’t have to be this way.

  What if we stopped and listened to the movement and unfolding of God’s plan around us? Making Room in Advent is an invitation away from the chaos and into the space where God is at work.

  The unfolding of God’s plan often happens in unlikely spaces, both in Scripture and in our own lives. Join Bette Dickinson as she moves through the story of Jesus’ birth and the stories of the many people that were part of the journey. Each page is filled with an original painting that will fill you with hope and wonder during the Advent season. The twenty-five devotionals offer spiritual practices, breath prayers, and reflection questions that allow you to truly make room for God’s work in your life, your community, and the world.

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  God With Us Advent Ornament Book

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  Pop-out ornament book, Christmas ornament collection of seven different ornaments.

  *14 pages
  *Advent devotionals
  *Multiple Scriptures
  *Pop out die-cut ornaments

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  Advent For Everyone Matthew

  $18.00

  Advent for Everyone: Matthew provides readers with an inspirational guide through the Advent season, from the First Sunday of Advent through the Saturday after the Fourth Sunday of Advent. Popular biblical scholar and author N. T. Wright provides his own Scripture translation and brief reflection to guide readers through the season toward the wonder and joy of Christmas. This book is suitable for both individual and group study and reflection.

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  Wonder Of The Greatest Gift

  $34.99

  Based on her bestseller Unwrapping the Greatest Gift, Ann Voskamp expands her presentation of the timeless Advent tradition of the Jesse Tree with this beautiful keepsake book that can be handed down and enjoyed for generations. Each December, families can celebrate the coming of Jesus by opening the book to see a stunning 13-inch, three-dimensional Jesse Tree pop up from the page. At its foot are 25 doors, one for each day of Advent, which hide meaningful, beautifully detailed ornaments-including the Christmas star-that are ready to be hung on the tree. Also inside is a simple devotional book with a reading for each ornament. Create precious holiday memories with The Wonder of the Greatest Gift pop-up book and recapture the sacredness of the Advent season as you celebrate the epic pageantry of the coming of the Messiah.

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  Unwrapping The Names Of Jesus

  $13.99

  Help for focusing on Christ during Christmas

  Most Christians agree that Christmas is all about Jesus, but most of us spend little time preparing our hearts to celebrate Him. Why is this? Quite simply, because no one taught us how.

  In Unwrapping the Names of Jesus, Asheritah Ciuciu leads readers through the four weeks of Advent (Hope, Preparation, Joy, and Love) by focusing each day’s reflection on one name of Jesus. Each week begins with an interactive family devotional followed by five daily reflections, as well as suggestions for fun-filled family activities or service projects to enhance a family’s Advent experience.

  Whether you use this devotional in your own personal worship time or as a tool to engage in family worship during the busy holiday season, you will gain a greater sense of awe and wonder at who Jesus is.

  By focusing on the person and character of Jesus throughout the Advent season, your heart will be prepared to rejoice. When you admire a live nativity, sit in a candlelight service, or wake up on Christian morning, you can join the faithful who have gone before us and sing from the bottom of your heart, “O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord!”

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  All Creation Waits

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  Open a window each day of Advent onto the natural world. Here are twenty-five fresh images of the foundational truth that lies beneath and within the Christ story. In twenty-five portraits depicting how wild animals of the northern hemisphere ingeniously adapt when darkness and cold descend, we see and hear as if for the first time the ancient wisdom of Advent: The dark is not an end but the way a new beginning comes.

  Short, daily reflections that paint vivid, poetic images of familiar animals, paired with charming original wood-cuts, will engage both children and adults. Anyone who does not want to be caught, again, in the consumer hype of “the holiday season” but rather to be taken up into the eternal truth the natural world reveals will welcome this book.

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  Advent Of The Savior

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  These six studies, edited by Cindy Bunch, will introduce you to the circumstances surrounding the birth of Jesus, remind you of God’s faithfulness and power to fulfill his promises, and draw you more deeply into the love that brought Christ to earth.

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