Christmas and Advent

Do you ever feel like you don t know what to pray at Christmastime? As the calendar turns from November to December, do you think, There s so much...

See Jesus’s birth through the lens of ancient Nativity stories.The Leader Guide contains discussion questions and session plans for a six-week stud...

See Jesus’s birth through the lens of ancient Nativity stories.Discover the fascinating connections between ancient birth stories and the Nativity ...

Open your heart to the good news of Christmas The Leader Guide contains discussion questions and session plans for a five-week Come, Thou Long Exp...

Open your heart to the good news of Christmas The Christian year is fundamentally a roadmap for pilgrims, as biblical witnesses lead spiritually h...

Experience Advent with the Scriptures that inspire Christmas.The Leader Guide contains discussion questions and session plans for a four-week study...

Experience Advent with the Scriptures that inspire Christmas.In Voices of Advent, Matthew L. Skinner leads readers through biblical texts and explo...

This unique Christmas devotional from bestselling author Trillia J. Newbell encourages families to make Jesus the focus of their holiday festivitie...

The World Rejoices is a practical resource for individuals and families, encouraging a slower December pace while counting down the days to Christm...

Be filled with the wonder of Christmas with thirty days of devotionals from the sermons of Charles H. Spurgeon, reminding us of the incarnation to ...

Questions of guidance: Where should I live? Whom should I marry? What kind of work should I do? These are issues of both purpose and timing. In thi...

This 31-day Advent guide is suitable for individual or small group use throughout the month of December. The author(s) will take us through passage...

Enter the story of Jesus' birth and link your life to His afresh as you prepare for Advent using creative reflections on God's joyous plan of salva...

Keep Jesus at the very heart of the Christmas season with this 31-day Advent guide and see more clearly how He is Immanuel - God with us past, pres...

These daily devotions for December seek to recapture the true joy of Jesus' birth through the study of biblical characters, hymns, prayers, Christi...

Joel Edwards takes as his theme the idea of glorious hope: and this is seen to great effect throughout the advent season. As the shepherds and the ...

"You will conceive and give birth to a son ... And there were shepherds living out in the fields near by ... You will find a baby wrapped in cloths...

The weeks leading up to Christmas should be a time when we remember God’s promises to send the Messiah. A time when we celebrate the Savior who has...

The Leader Guide contains discussion questions and session plans for a four-week Advent study. It includes opening and closing prayers, optional ac...

The leader guide includes four small group sessions complete with prayers, summaries, and discussion questions to inspire active group engagement. ...

On the Way to Bethlehem follows the long journey to Christmas. The story begins in Rome with a decree issued from the seat of worldly power for a c...

For centuries, Christians have turned to the story and message of John the Baptist in the weeks leading up to Christmas. In Prepare the Way for the...

Reflections for Advent from members, associates and friends of the Iona Community around the world –– from Uganda, Scotland, Wales, Palestine, Swit...

'The Nutcracker' is a delightful and whimsical Christmas classic that children and adults look forward to every year. First performed in 1892, the ...

His parents gave him the name Jesus. But the prophets, the shepherds, the wise men, and the angels addressed him by other names. They called him Lo...

Everything you need to celebrate Advent… in one box! The Come and See Advent box is a resource designed to make celebrating advent easy and fun f...

Join Elizabeth Rundle for 31 days of Advent study, and find something of eternity to touch your heart and deepen your faith. Wherever we live, we a...

Spend 30 days with Krish Kandiah, exploring the mystery and the wonder of the Christmas story. Go on that journey again. Dig out the strange circum...

It s a common saying in churches that Christmas begins with Christ , but for many people the festive season is becoming less about Jesus and more ...

After the success of ‘One Big Question’ and the Lent study guide ‘Centred on Christ’, Michael Baughen introduces us to Advent in a new way. Experie...

During the Christmas season, even those who do not know Jesus love the lights and songs. And yet to many, this is all that Christmas is about. Even...

Let There Be Joy! is a 31-day Christmas devotional that will enable the reader to navigate the busy-ness, the joy and the meaning that solely belon...

Discover more than 60 quick, easy, and stylish decorating ideas to add cozy Christmas cheer to your home. Seriously, these projects are so easy—you...

Paul’s stories of hardship in his letters to the Corinthians are often ignored but are crucial to understanding how the apostle thought about the C...

Advent is a special time. We look forward with expectancy to Christmas. We get excited by lights and decorations and the joy on children’s faces. B...

The first Christmas sermon preserved in church history was preached by St. John Chrysostom in AD 386, in which he declared, "Behold a new and wonde...

"O wondrous exchange!" Of all the seasons of the church calendar, Christmas is the one most recognized and celebrated by our society at large. That...

There's a reason our hearts overflow with gratitude as Christmas approaches. We're celebrating not just one coming of Christ---but three! In this p...

Mary and Joseph had to search for a place to give birth and then to flee from the murderous King Herod: a course on finding refuge fits naturally w...

For many years, award-winning journalist and author Cole Moreton has been involved in and worked alongside those offering relief and welcome to men...

The most beloved Christmas carols arranged in 28 daily devotions for the Advent season. The Carols of Christmas is a heart-warming devotional insp...

Have you ever wished the world was more like a musical, with characters bursting into song at the slightest provocation? In the nativity story, th...

Martin Luther King famously declared that 'I have decided to stick with love... Hate is too great a burden to bear'. In these luminous daily readin...

Open Our Eyes is a welcome accompaniment to the Advent days of anticipating Christ’s birth. Follow its invitation of prophetic prayers and vibrant ...

Daily readings for Advent from Iona Community members, associates and friends: Peter Millar, John Harvey, Kathy Galloway, Ian M Fraser, David Rhode...