Today Helen and Mary are joined by fellow Home-Educator Kirstine to discuss Advent resources for the family.
With the hectic pace of December it can be really hard to find time as a family to focus on the real meaning of Advent. In this episode we chat about some of our favourite resources that we have used to refocus on Jesus and prepare our hearts for Christmas.
Do you have any favourites that we haven’t come across? Do let us know in the comments!
Here’s a list of the resources we discussed:
Books:
- The Jesse Tree – Geraldine McCaughrean
- The Christmas Mystery – Joestein Gaarder
- Jotham’s Journey, Bartholemew’s Passage, Tabitha’s Travels and Ishtar’s Odyssey – Arnold Ytreeides Series
- The Promise and the Lights – Katy Morgan
- The Advent of Glory – R C Sproul
Devotionals:
- A Jesus Christmas – Barbara Reaoch
- The Adventure of Christmas – Ed Drew
- Counting the Days, Lighting the Candles – EM Fitzpatrick, JL Thompson
- Names of Jesus Advent Calendar – Lara Beeston
- Come Let Us Adore Him – Paul David Tripp
Others:
- Treasuring God in Our Traditions – Noel Piper
- The Littlest Watchman
- Advent Blocks
- Bake through the Bible at Christmas – Susie Bentley-Taylor, Bekah Moore
Audio:
- The 12 Voices of Christmas by Back to the Bible
- Slugs and Bugs Family Christmas
- Slugs and Bugs Sing the Bible Christmas
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