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Watch for the light : readings for Advent and Christmas.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Farmington, PA : Plough Pub. House, c2001.Description: 1 v. (unpaged) ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 087486917X (alk. paper)
  • 9780874869170 (alk. paper)
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Contents:
Action in waiting / Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt -- Black rook in rainy weather / Sylvia Plath -- The dangers of Advent / J.B. Phillips -- Meditation / Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster -- Waiting for God / Henri Nouwen -- In defense of humility / Bernard of Clairvaux -- Annunciation / Kathleen Norris -- Where God enters / Meister Eckhart -- The divine dawning / St. Thomas Aquinas / Karl Rahner -- Concerning the light / Isaac Penington -- A sky full of children / Madeleine L'Engle -- The shaking reality of Advent / Alfred Delp -- To be a virgin / Loretta Ross-Gotta -- The penitential season / William Stringfellow -- From the stable to the cross / J. Heinrich Arnold / Edith Stein -- Yielding to God / Philip Britts -- Mosaic of the Nativity / Jane Kenyon -- The original revolution / John Howard Yoder -- Christmas joy / Emmy Arnold -- To believe / Karl Barth -- The God we hardly knew / Oscar Romero / William Willimon -- Be not afraid / Johann Christoph Arnold -- Genealogy and grace / Gail Godwin -- The man who is God / Leonardo Boff -- The light of the world / G.M. Hopkins / Evelyn Underhill -- Room for Christ / Dorothy Day -- Shipwrecked at the stable / Brennan Manning -- The coming of Jesus in our midst / Dietrich Bonhoeffer -- The holy mother / Romano Guardini -- Bethlehem / Annie Dillard -- To you Christ is born / Martin Luther -- The mystery / St. John Chrysostom -- Ox and ass / Giovanni Papini -- The Christmas gospel / Dorothee Soelle -- The grand miracle / C.S. Lewis -- Christ's history, and ours / Gustavo Gutiérrez -- The visited planet / Philip Yancey -- The time of no room / J.T. Clement / Thomas Merton -- When the time was fulfilled / Eberhard Arnold -- Only a rumor / Soren Kierkegaard -- The wise men / Ernesto Cardenal -- The journey of the Magi / T.S. Eliot -- The showing forth of Christ / John Donne -- Love alone / Gian Carlo Menotti -- The disarming child / Jurgen Moltmann
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 242.33 W324 Available 33111007682855
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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 Delp

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Action in waiting / Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt -- Black rook in rainy weather / Sylvia Plath -- The dangers of Advent / J.B. Phillips -- Meditation / Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster -- Waiting for God / Henri Nouwen -- In defense of humility / Bernard of Clairvaux -- Annunciation / Kathleen Norris -- Where God enters / Meister Eckhart -- The divine dawning / St. Thomas Aquinas / Karl Rahner -- Concerning the light / Isaac Penington -- A sky full of children / Madeleine L'Engle -- The shaking reality of Advent / Alfred Delp -- To be a virgin / Loretta Ross-Gotta -- The penitential season / William Stringfellow -- From the stable to the cross / J. Heinrich Arnold / Edith Stein -- Yielding to God / Philip Britts -- Mosaic of the Nativity / Jane Kenyon -- The original revolution / John Howard Yoder -- Christmas joy / Emmy Arnold -- To believe / Karl Barth -- The God we hardly knew / Oscar Romero / William Willimon -- Be not afraid / Johann Christoph Arnold -- Genealogy and grace / Gail Godwin -- The man who is God / Leonardo Boff -- The light of the world / G.M. Hopkins / Evelyn Underhill -- Room for Christ / Dorothy Day -- Shipwrecked at the stable / Brennan Manning -- The coming of Jesus in our midst / Dietrich Bonhoeffer -- The holy mother / Romano Guardini -- Bethlehem / Annie Dillard -- To you Christ is born / Martin Luther -- The mystery / St. John Chrysostom -- Ox and ass / Giovanni Papini -- The Christmas gospel / Dorothee Soelle -- The grand miracle / C.S. Lewis -- Christ's history, and ours / Gustavo Gutiérrez -- The visited planet / Philip Yancey -- The time of no room / J.T. Clement / Thomas Merton -- When the time was fulfilled / Eberhard Arnold -- Only a rumor / Soren Kierkegaard -- The wise men / Ernesto Cardenal -- The journey of the Magi / T.S. Eliot -- The showing forth of Christ / John Donne -- Love alone / Gian Carlo Menotti -- The disarming child / Jurgen Moltmann

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