Advent & Christmas

25 short reflective pieces for the Christmas season written by Claire Musters, travelling through promise and preparation to joy, peace and finally love. Along the way we encounter a choir of diverse voices sharing their favourite carols, poems and prayers, illustrated throughout with original colour artwork.

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Many stories are told about Saint Nicholas stories about his generosity and his miracles, stories about the concern he showed for those in poverty. This warm, inviting book tells many of these stories, both familiar and lesser-known.

Experience the magic and wonder of Christmas like never before with “On Christmas Night.” This beautifully crafted hardback book captivates the essence of the festive season in its 32 intricately designed pages.

Kelley Nikondeha eloquently weaves together the first Advent story and the present-day stories of Palestinians, creating invigorating insights for present-day Christians. Palestine then and now, its people, and the politics of the land are a common thread throughout the book, bringing us to a place to genuinely grapple with the meanings of deliverance, peace, justice, and hope.

For so many of us, the season leading up to Christmas is a time of huge expectations, huge busyness, and often huge grief.

This Advent book is a kind of travel guide or maybe a theatre programme. You may be visiting familiar places and ideas, or places and ideas you haven't previously considered in quite the same way. You might be surprised to find our Advent journey linking with other seasons, so it isn't entirely about getting ready for Christmas.

These 25 short devotions will take you through Isaiah 40-55, with a reading, a short reflection, questions for meditation, and suggestions for prayer. Join with Simeon this advent in meditating on Isaiah’s ‘book of comfort’, and have your hearts lifted as you behold our king in his beauty.

An Advent Manifesto is an invitation to pray and practise that most ancient Advent prayer, 'Come, Lord Jesus, come.'

Do your emotions fluctuate with all the trappings and clutter of Christmas? Graciously communicating the heart of our holiday loneliness and tension, Lepine unveils the cultural misconceptions spoiling our expectations. Understand the rationale behind feelings of emptiness and disappointment so you can embrace peace, joy, and hope. You can restore the desires of your heart this season!

Want a new understanding of Christmas? Come and Behold Him turns to Christmas' lesser-known voices You'll see that there is always more to learn about Christmas

At the centre of heaven is Christ, lovingly adored as the forever Lord of all. At the centre of Christmas is Christ, frail and cradled in the tender arms of a young mother. How can the two be put together? Heavenly glory and human frailty? That is the real wonder of Christmas.

The birth of a king is normally marked by lavish national celebrations, a gathering of dignitaries and great joy. But what if he is born in a cave, is surrounded by animals and his first visitors are unknown shepherds?

This 31–day Advent devotional built around the words of well–loved carols will bring comfort and hope in the darkest time of the year.

Young children will love interacting with the Christmas story as they find, count and sort over 450 hidden things in this large-format board book.

Wild Advent provides an outdoor activity for each day of the four weeks of Advent, progressing through the Carmelite themes for Advent of Waiting, Accepting, Journeying and Birthing.

In this comprehensive compilation, drawn from several of his most successful publications, Nick provides a hundred meditations concerning Advent, Christmas and Epiphany, each linked to a reading of Scripture and rounded off by a short prayer.

Long ago and even today, the story is told of how all the animals in the world, at the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve, speak.

This Christmas board book transforms the weeks leading up to December 25 into a fun-filled celebration of Jesus's birth for the whole family.