Bobby Gross

The Art of Living in Advent

Bible Studies & Devotionals

“Advent is the most difficult season to spiritually inhabit: too many rich themes over too short a period with too much competition for our attention. And it all tilts toward cliché in the carols, the cards, the crèches. So I welcome this book with its fresh insights and simple practices that will deepen us as humans and enrich our communities. Rather than taking us back to the Palestine barn, it brings that familiar scene vividly to our homes and locales. Sylvie Vanhoozer animates our imaginations! She speaks of Wort and warts, warp and weft, work and wonder. She helps us artfully 'welcome Christ into our world whenever, wherever, and whatever we happen to be and be doing,' so that he can advent in us richly.”

The Art of Living in Season

Christian Living

“My spiritual life has long been shaped by the liturgical calendar, but this book opened a cornucopia of new insights (and delights) for me. I was utterly charmed, a smile dancing on my face as I read each chapter. The adventure starts in Vanhoozer's native Provence with its distinctive Advent traditions, and from there she artfully shows us by her felicitous language and personal example how to incorporate the wisdom of her tradition where we each live and work. Along the way she helps us taste a culinary spirituality, inhabit an earthy theology, and practice a neighborly hospitality, all the while anticipating our eternal home with God.”