Discover the True Meaning of the Season with Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas

Jeanette Juarez: I have read quite a few books seeking to prepare myself during Advent for the coming of Jesus. So far this one is my favorite. The same passages speak differently to me each year. Each year new seeds are planted in my mind and my heart so my soul blossoms with new fruits that help me continue to grow.

United States on Dec 14, 2023

MES: Arrived on time and in excellent condition.

United States on May 14, 2023

Holly Stockley: This is a fairly decent book of Advent-themed readings. It's not a devotional. It's a compilation of writings from modern to Reformation-era.

It does, naturally, suffer from the usual flaw found in Plough's publications of tucking a few bits of their own politicized opinion here and there. Aside from those minor literary splinters, the readings are mostly worthwhile. Each is dated from December 1 to Jan 6 - the extension of the readings to encompass all of Christmas up to Epiphany was a nice touch.

United States on Jan 06, 2023

Karrie: Book is as described, arrived very quickly. Hardcover in excellent condition . Thank you!

Canada on Nov 27, 2019

Mark Gagan: Good value, captures Advent perfectly

United Kingdom on Sep 02, 2018

LFJ Hardwick: A most impressive and literary compilation. Bought as a present for a churchwarden friend and much appreciated.

United Kingdom on Dec 22, 2017

Amazon Customer: Arrived in time for the advent season. My husband and I are enjoying the variations in length and style of writing. A gift that is precious to me.

Canada on Nov 29, 2016

Alister: Very interesting

United Kingdom on Feb 07, 2015

Kindle Customer: This book helps make Advent happen. While we mostly bulldoze over Advent to get to Christmas Day, this book helps slow things down and supports the preparatory season. It's a little like opening the Advent calendar windows, with a reading or poem each day. The readings allow for reflection and re-reading. I've been quoting sections of the book to many others. Most of these readings appear as short sermons on a particular topic. Whether written in 1600 or 2000, there is contemporary and, most importantly, personal application. One author quotes John Wesley: "Nothing is more repugnant to capable, reasonable people than grace." As a culture of givers rather than receivers, this book reminded me that grace came down quietly and humbly as an infant, a gift for me, for you. Eventually your tree will be up, gifts wrapped, cards sent, meals eaten. But for 15 minutes each day these readings will allow you to leave the chaos, and keep you on track, waiting to receive, and be glad of it.

United States on Dec 16, 2009

Patrick J. Moody: This is an excellent devotional for Advent. I found it in the bookstore of the National Cathedral in Washington, DC. The noted Christian (and some secular) thinkers from across the centuries take the devotional reader beyond the surface traditions and "candles" of Advent to new places of meditation and thought centering upon the mystery and awe of the birth of Christ. As I followed the readings day by day, I was so inspired I immediately purchased (via Amazon) two more copies for friends as Christmas gifts, so that next year they might enjoy and be inspired by the journey to Bethlehem.
If you are a thinker and want to hear from great minds (as well as an occasional poem or two-even a submission from the likes of Sylvia Plath!)and want to go further in your personal understanding of Advent and the mysteries and truth of God's greatest act of love, I would highly recommend this devotional to you.

United States on Feb 02, 2009