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Advent is both about Jesus’ first coming in Bethlehem and his second coming, which we await. In the weeks leading up to Christmas, we remember his first advent and prepare for his second, celebrating both events. Centered around the themes of preparation, anticipation, joy, and incarnation, Anticipating His Arrival helps you guide your family through Advent as your expectation of Jesus’ arrival...

A few years later, my wife and I became involved in a new church plant, and I decided to write a short devotional for Advent for church families to use. The church even printed a limited run, and it was well received. I used one year of the reading schedule from the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) as the basis for the readings. If you know anything about the RCL, you probably know it is based on a three-year cycle. So in the years following my original work, I wrote (and rewrote) devotional material