This collection, born of obvious passion and graced with superb
writing, is a welcome even necessary addition to the glutted holiday
bookshelves. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Though 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.
Ecumenical 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.
Includes contributions by these and other writers:
- C. S. Lewis, Madeleine L'Engle, Thomas Merton, and Philip Yancey
- Dorothy Day, Henri Nouwen, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Oscar Romero, and
Edith Stein
- Martin Luther, Meister Eckhart, Eberhard Arnold, and Christoph
Friedrich Blumhardt
- T. S. Eliot, John Donne, and Sylvia Plath
- Karl Barth, Will Willimon, Jürgen Moltmann, and J. B. Phillips
- Kathleen Norris, Brennan Manning, and Evelyn Underhill
- Annie Dillard, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Gerard Manley Hopkins
- Romano Guardini, St. John Chrysostom, and Giovanni Papini
- Jane Kenyon, Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster, Isaac Penington, and Alfred
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