December 1, 2024

The Journal

Advent itself is a journey to Christmas. This devotional journal guide invites you to slow down that journey and take your time along the way. Making time each day to pause, to sit and journal for a few minutes, to contemplate and notice meaning in the mile-markers of our lives is a way to deepen our experience of the journey in the midst of what sometimes feels like a pretty “ramped up” pace.

Rob Fuquay’s Advent study about the places in the story “On the Way to Bethlehem” invites us to know more about the places of significance in the faith story (Rome, Jerusalem, Nazareth, Bethlehem, Persia) so that we can also apply the same kind of reflecting about our own significant stops along life’s journey. This is one way our spiritual journeys take us deeper and closer to the Holy Presence of hope, peace, joy, and love born yet again among us and within us. As we approach the manger once more, we come with more wonder, appreciation, and awe at the fact that we are never alone–whatever the journey holds.

May you be inspired to savor the journey you find yourself on during this season and take time to really notice the people, places, and discoveries you encounter along the way.

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