For the last few years we have done nightly devotion readings with the kids. We have been using the book , The 25 Days of Christmas: Family Readings and Scriptures for the Advent Season by Greg Johnson. We cuddle up together, read the story and the kids eat thier candy from thier Advent calendar. The book is aimed at children a bit older than ours, but as a family (including grandparents and great grandma as we get closer to Christmas) we have all enjoyed it.
Although we have enjoyed this book, this year we are adding a couple of new books into the mix to give them a try.
We are reading Jotham's Journey with the kids before bedtime. Jotham's Journey is an Advent storybook which follows the adventures of 10-year old-Jotham who lives in Isreal at the time of Christ's birth. Each night of Advent there is a short chapter to read in the story.
I have two new books for myself this season. One my mom gave me called The Little Blue Book. It has brief devotions for each morning of Advent combined with information about Christmas traditions around the world. My mom is using this devotion book as well this Advent, which I think is so nice for us both to be reading at the same time.
My other new book this season is really a book on tape. For the last year, my friend Joanne has been telling me about Robert Benson's The Night of The Child. Taking her suggestion, I got the book on tape to listen to by the Christmas tree. We have our tree up and (don't take this the wrong way) I am looking forward to our Thanksgiving guests leaving so I can in my family room one evening and listen to it!
Does your family have a favorite Advent season book? I would love to hear what your family is reading this Advent season.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Advent Reading
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thanks for the recommendations.
we have a lot of christmas books we love but none on advent so i look forward to checking these out
Walter Wangerin, Jr.'s book Preparing for Jesus was suggested to us several years back, so we tried it last night. It seems a bit above the kids heads, but we will see if we can bring it down to their level. Another book I am interested in reading for myself is Stories Behind the Great Traditions of Christmas, by Ace Collins. I think it should help to answer some of the questions my kids raise about Christmas like this week's "Does Santa Claus ever die?" We are honest with our kids about Santa Claus being mythical, but I attempted to explain St. Nicholas and hoped I was telling it correctly. Hopefully this book will help. Love the ideas you have been giving for advent. I was ready to return my 24 shoe holder that I was going to turn into a calendar until I read you ideas for presence and was reenergized. I hope you are reenergized by our appreciation for your efforts. Erin
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