__Imagine meeting up with Jesus for a coffee and some heart-to-heart conversation.__  
__What would you say to him?__  
__What might he say to you?__  
   
 Penelope Wilcock invites you to listen in on twenty-five conversations she's had with Jesus about the Christian journey and the meaning of Advent.  
  
They delve into many areas: children and families, gifts and graces, angels, homes, homelessness and hospitality – and more besides.  
   
 Get ready to be surprised and challenged, as you hear Jesus' own take on the original Christmas and what it means for our world twenty centuries later.

Penelope Wilcock

Cover

Title Page

Dedication Page

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 The holy family

2 Expectancy and expectations

3 What it means to be with us

4 Judgement

5 Dominion

6 Vulnerability

7 The prophetic life

8 Candles

9 Singing

10 Fire

11 Frost

12 Starlight

13 The magi

14 Herod

15 Joseph

16 Children and babies

17 Gifts and graces

18 Angels

19 Homelessness

20 Shepherds

21 The manger

22 Room at the inn

23 Mary

24 Be here now

25 The infant light

A prayer

Notes

Copyright

Imagine meeting up with Jesus for a coffee and some heart-to-heart conversation.  
What would you say to him?  
What might he say to you?  
  
 Penelope Wilcock invites you to listen in on twenty-five conversations she’s had with Jesus about the Christian journey and the meaning of Advent.  
  
They delve into many areas: children and families, gifts and graces, angels, homes, homelessness and hospitality – and more besides.  
  
 Get ready to be surprised and challenged, as you hear Jesus’ own take on the original Christmas and what it means for our world twenty centuries later.

\["Looking for the meaning of Advent?","This SPCK Advent guide takes you into conversations with Christ","You'll find new ways that Advent speaks into Christian life"\]

Acknowledgement

Introduction

1 The Holy Family

2 Expectancy and Expectations

3 What It Means To Be With Us

4 Judgement

5 Dominion

6 Vulnerability

7 The Prophetic Life

8 Candles

9 Singing

10 Fire

11 Frost

12 Starlight

13 The Magi

14 Herod

15 Joseph

16 Children and Babies

17 Gifts and Graces

18 Angels

19 Homelessness

20 Shepherds

21 The Manger

22 Room and the Inn

23 Mary

24 Be Here Now

25 The Infant Light

A Prayer

Notes

Get to the very heart of Advent with this new SPCK Advent devotional that takes you into a series of conversations with the words of Christ.

__Pen Wilcock__ is a former Methodist minister and school and hospice chaplain. She writes a monthly column for Woman Alive and her popular blog, Kindred of the Quiet Way, receives over 35,000 hits a month. She is author of more than 20 books, including Spiritual Care of Dying and Bereaved People (BRF, 2013), The Wilderness Within You (Monarch, 2013),100 Stand-Alone Bible Studies (Monarch, 2013), 100 More Stand-Alone Bible Studies (Monarch, 2018) and Equality is Biblical (SPCK, 2020).

Peter Featherstone

Well worth reading and easy due to short chapters. Some thought- provoking ideas and of course I didn't agree with everything!

Worth reading

Into the Heart of Advent

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