Destination Bethlehem: Daily Meditations, Prayers, and Poems to Light the Way to the Manger
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Destination Bethlehem

Daily Meditations, Prayers, and Poems to Light the Way to the Manger

J. Barrie Shepherd

Destination Bethlehem

Daily Meditations, Prayers, and Poems to Light the Way to the Manger


Copyright © 2015 J. Barrie Shepherd. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical publications or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Write: Permissions, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3, Eugene, OR 97401.


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isbn 13: 978-1-4982-0922-9

eisbn 13: 978-1-4982-0923-6


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Scripture quotations (unless otherwise noted) are from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952, and 1971 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.


Table of Contents

• Also by J. Barrie Shepherd

• Title Page

• Permissions

• Preface

• Acknowledgments

• Last Sunday in November

• The Manger Calls Again

• Homeland Security

• At the Brink

• Advent Week One

• Sunday Something for Christmas I

• Monday

• A Prayer to Open Advent

• Advent Invitation

• Going to Bethlehem

• Hanging The Greens

• Watch For It

• Tuesday How Many Miles to Bethlehem? I

• Wednesday

• Greeting

• Advent Awakening

• Advent—Opening Bell

• Re-petition

• Thursday Looking for Christmas I

• Friday

• Anticipation?

• Seasonings

• Early Advent

• Advent Premonition

• Saturday Gifts of Advent I

• Advent Week Two

• Sunday Something for Christmas II

• Monday

• A Prayer for Hope in Advent

• That time again . . .

• Kaleidoscoping Christmas

• Time to be Careful

• Tuesday

• (Untitled)

• How Many Miles to Bethlehem? II

• Wednesday

• Advent Candles

• Christmas Mail

• Lux plus Veritas

• Advent Haiku

• Thursday

• (Untitled)

• Looking for Christmas II

• Friday

• Advent’s Secret

• Advent’s Reminder

• Cataloguing

• Stall for Christmas

• Saturday Gifts of Advent II

• Advent Week Three

• Sunday Something for Christmas III

• Monday

• An Advent Prayer

• Mid Advent

• Advent Saturday

• Late Call

• Tuesday How Many Miles to Bethlehem? III

• Wednesday

• Seasonal Decor

• Aftershave

• Trimming

• Orange Alert

• Thursday Looking for Christmas III

• Friday

• Intelligent Design

• Nothing For Christmas

• Lighting the Advent Candles

• It’s About Time

• Saturday Gifts of Advent III

• Advent Week Four

• Sunday Something for Christmas IV

• Monday

• An Advent Prayer for Immanuel—God With Us

• The Coming of the Light

• Have Seen a Great Light

• The Messiah

• Tuesday How Many Miles to Bethlehem? IV

• Wednesday ...

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About Destination Bethlehem: Daily Meditations, Prayers, and Poems to Light the Way to the Manger

This book is intended as a devotional guide for the Advent season. Through the mediums of meditations, poetry, and prayer, it offers a spiritual resource for readers seeking to explore the many dimensions of this beloved season, and to deepen their appreciation of its mystery and wonder. Each day the reader is provided with either a prose meditation, based in Scripture, or a selection of poems, composed around the traditional themes of Advent/Christmas. The overall effect is that of a journey--a journey which moves, devotionally, through the days and weeks of December, toward Bethlehem, the stable, and the manger. Images, incidents, impressions, and items from the daily news are woven together to form a rich and rewarding tapestry, a pathway leading onward, an open door into the quiet places of the soul. Christmas Eve and Day are given special treatment, followed by a final section covering New Year's Day and the twelve days of Christmas. The book also provides a source of creative imagery and language for clergy, and other worship leaders, as they face the challenges of speaking traditional truths in a new and inviting way. Yet another use would be as a small group study guide for Advent.

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