Advent Begins November 28

My husband and I decided to start celebrating the Advent few years ago. It was certainly not an easy decision; we really wanted to do it, but living in a Catholic country where these kind of traditions have always been associated by Evangelicals with paganism and idolatry was not easy.  We prayed, we marked the calendar, and our family was blessed indeed!

Noël Piper says about Advent,

"For four weeks, it’s as if we’re re-enacting, remembering the thousands of years God’s people were anticipating and longing for the coming of God’s salvation, for Jesus. That’s what advent means—coming. Even God’s men who foretold the grace that was to come didn’t know “what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating." They were waiting, but they didn’t know what God’s salvation would look like." (source) 

Today, as the time approaches I want to suggest to you several resources that have been a blessing in our home as we wait, as we sit around the Family Table and read about His glorious coming.

Treasuring God in Our Traditions

The Innkeeper, by John Piper

Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus: Experiencing the Peace and Promise of Christmas.

The Incarnation in the Gospels

Songs of the Nativity: Selected Sermons on Luke 1 and 2; by John Calvin

Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room: Daily Family Devotions for Advent

we have not read this, maybe this year we will use it...

Another book I found that looks great is this, The Christ of Christmas; have you read it?

Christmas Carols for a Kid's Heart

Great Music to Celebrate the Incarnation.

 

Buy here.

Saviour: Celebrating the Mystery of God Become Man

Update:

I am sorry friends! I forgot to include this CD earlier. (It is one of my favorites!)

Buy it here (it is on sale right now!)

More Christmas music can be found here.

Do you have any other books, sermons, or music you would like to suggest us for this season? 

We would love to hear about them!

 Today I am grateful because we can treasure God in our traditions!

Remember that we will be celebrating the Incarnation of our Lord at Daily On My Way to Heaven,  you are invited to join us! Link to your blog post every Wednesday on December; tell us how do you keep a Jesus centered Christmas.