Meeting the Messiah: Scriptures for the Advent Season

Journey through this Advent season with a purposeful focus on the Christ child. Meeting the Messiah encourages you to slow down and pay attention to the real meaning of Christmas.

Six weeks of short readings and guided reflection will enrich your celebration of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany. You will be filled with joy and thanksgiving as you think about scripture passages from the perspectives of the Holy Spirit, John the Baptist, Mary, the shepherds, the magi, and Jesus himself.

This year, look closely at the Christ child as if you were meeting him for the first time. For individual or group study.

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Meeting the Messiah: Scriptures for the Advent Season

Journey through this Advent season with a purposeful focus on the Christ child. Meeting the Messiah encourages you to slow down and pay attention to the real meaning of Christmas.

Six weeks of short readings and guided reflection will enrich your celebration of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany. You will be filled with joy and thanksgiving as you think about scripture passages from the perspectives of the Holy Spirit, John the Baptist, Mary, the shepherds, the magi, and Jesus himself.

This year, look closely at the Christ child as if you were meeting him for the first time. For individual or group study.

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Meeting the Messiah: Scriptures for the Advent Season

Meeting the Messiah: Scriptures for the Advent Season

by Kara Lassen Oliver
Meeting the Messiah: Scriptures for the Advent Season

Meeting the Messiah: Scriptures for the Advent Season

by Kara Lassen Oliver

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Overview

Journey through this Advent season with a purposeful focus on the Christ child. Meeting the Messiah encourages you to slow down and pay attention to the real meaning of Christmas.

Six weeks of short readings and guided reflection will enrich your celebration of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany. You will be filled with joy and thanksgiving as you think about scripture passages from the perspectives of the Holy Spirit, John the Baptist, Mary, the shepherds, the magi, and Jesus himself.

This year, look closely at the Christ child as if you were meeting him for the first time. For individual or group study.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780835813051
Publisher: Upper Room Books
Publication date: 08/01/2010
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 128
File size: 685 KB

About the Author

Kara Oliver is a freelance writer and editor who lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Oliver and her family spent two years in Malawi, Africa, as Volunteers in Mission. Kara holds a master's degree from Vanderbilt Divinity School and has served as youth minister at Belmont United Methodist Church in Nashville.

Table of Contents

Welcome 5

Reading Scripture Devotionally 10

Informational Reading and Formational Reading 16

Week 1 The Holy Spirit 19

Week 2 John the Baptist 31

Week 3 Mary 43

Week 4 The Shepherds 55

Week 5 Jesus 67

Week 6 The Magi 79

Leader's Guide 91

Notes 127

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