10/23/2021 – This page is in development
Welcome!
You may be here because of a link in Giving the Year Meaning: A Healing Journal for Advent. If so, thanks for buying the book and checking in.
First Sunday of Advent
2021: November 28.
2022: November 27
2023: December 3
2024: December 1
2025: November 30
2026: November 29
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For a different approach to Advent, see Saint John of the Mall: Reflections for the Advent Season.
Every day, starting December 1, you can have a conversation with the disciple John about his interaction with Jesus.
“Finding Saint John in a shopping mall in the US is a strange one for sure, but what if…..? And why don’t we listen to Scripture instead of just reading it? Jon has taught me to listen to God’s word and I am greatly appreciative to him because it has not just been eye and mind opening but also life changing.” Amazon review
“St John is a regular reading during the Advent season. I love the way Jon brings the story to life in our cultural context. … This could be a useful small group study during Advent.” Amazon review
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The journal leaves reflection up to you. That’s the intention. But that reflection may lead to questions about next steps. This list of resources will support discovering those steps.
My primary blog, 300wordsaday.com, will offer some of my own reflections from the year.
In a journal which invites you to reflect, there will always be questions that you need to put off until later. In the living of a week, there is a place for Sabbath, one day in seven where you set aside work.
11/29 – Hope
11/30 – Thank you
12/1 – Better than expected
12/2 – Thinking about gifts
12/3 – Remembering lives
12/4 – Sharing a treasure
12/6 – Peace
12/7 – Bless
12/8 – Consoling others
12/9 – Forgive
12/10 – Addressing fear
12/11 – Smile
12/13 – Love
12/14 – Fasting together – Isaiah
12/15 – Learning together
12/16 – Remembering milestones
12/17 – Remembering dreams
12/18 – Listen
12/20 – Affirming delight
12/21 – A word of greeting
12/22 – Identifying coolness in others
12/23 – A deep breath
12/24 – Not exactly here
12/25 – Celebrate
12/27 – Stretch
12/28 – Finish something
12/29 – Representation
12/30 – First note
12/31 – A remembrance
Epilogue