December starts this week. The season of anticipating is here. If you are looking for a way to celebrate with your family in the midst of the anticipation, Ann Voskamp just finished her Jesse Tree Advent Devotional. You can download it for free here. I’m not sure we’ll do it this year, as we are still trying to build the Sunday Advent tradition with our kids. Maybe we’ll work up to the Jesse Tree next year. Still, I’m keeping her thoughtful work for the future.
My friend Kari is pregnant, due just after Christmas. She wrote a beautiful post on Advent that is worth the read. It is a letter to her son, Atticus, and in it she honestly shares her perspective on the whole thing. I love it.
“Your dad is the feeler in this family. I will be interested to see which you are. I don’t think I know what it means to be seized by the power of a great affection, but Christmas and Advent are as close as I get to understanding what that feels like.” -Kari
Finally, I am so excited to be writing about that today over at Christmas Change. Even more exciting to me is that my husband is joining me there, and together we share some of those things we are thinking on as we enter into December. I would love for you to join us there as we write On Returning.
Thanks, Emily! I love Advent and it has been fun to think about what Mary would have been experiencing throughout the year (though of course I know that Jesus probably wasn’t really born in December. Haters to the left).
I also saw Ann’s Advent to Lent to Ascension wreath, and we are thinking about ordering one of those next year. Thought I would post the link for your readers. http://adventtolenttoascensionwreath.blogspot.com/
Kari´s last [type] ..Dear Atticus- the Christmas decorations
hey friends! so fun, em, that you did this! and kari, your whole series has been amazing…it really has. em, can’t wait to go read what you and the man (i just had to backspace after typing his real name) wrote! it really is a beautiful season we’ve just entered into, and i’m thankful that i have friends like you all to remind me.