You are invited to join me in a daily reading / reflection this Advent season.

“For Such A Time As This: An Emergency Devotional” by Hanna Reichel is available in paperback, Kindle, and Audible. I will be reading it and then posting a reflection on some aspect of it every morning from Thanksgiving to Christmas.

I have been reading the same two books every December for the past 15 years and so I wanted to change it up this year. Here is the reading / posting schedule if you would like to follow along:

Advent 2025 Reading Schedule

Date Chapter

Nov 26 1

Nov 27 2

Nov 28 3

Nov 29 4

Nov 30 5

Dec 1 6

Dec 2 7

Dec 3 8

Dec 4 9

Dec 5 10

Dec 6 11

Dec 7 12

Dec 8 13

Dec 9 14

Dec 10 15

Dec 11 16

Dec 12 17

Dec 13 18

Dec 14 19

Dec 15 20

Dec 16 21

Dec 17 22

Dec 18 23

Dec 19 24

Dec 20 25

Dec 21 26

Dec 22 27

Dec 23 28

Dec 24 End

In case that isn’t what you are looking for, I will also be going through “Shadow & Light: A Journey Into Advent” by Tsh Oxenreider with my congregation. It starts this Sunday (the first of Advent) and is laid out in a classic and easy to follow format. It comes is a beautiful hardcover or an audio book.

I also wanted to mention that Wipf &Stock publishers is offering the book that I wrote with Randy Woodley “Decolonizing Evangelicalism” at 50% off with the code CONFSHIP and free Media Mail shipping.

I hope that you will join me in the Advent conversation – this season is a chance to change up our routines, to get out of a rut, and to stimulate new thoughts ahead of the new year.