Advent Devotional Guide 2009

Authors

• Belmont University

Files

Streaming Media

Publication Date

2009

Document Type

Article

Publisher

Belmont University

City

Nashville, TN

Keywords

Advent, Devotion, Christian life

Disciplines

Christianity | Liturgy and Worship | Religion | Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Comments

I am entering my sixth Advent season here at Belmont, and each one has arrived in the midst of new and exciting developments at Belmont. Last year we were delighted with the presidential debate on campus, and this year we are excited about our new Health Sciences building and residence hall, our new College of Law, and another freshman class larger and more qualified than the last. God continues to bless this university. Now, more than ever, let us be attentive to God’s presence among us.

Advent is that season of waiting that carefully and purposefully helps us to realign our priorities and to glimpse anew our place before God. We are excited that we are now making this guide available online so more people and more churches may have access to it, and we hope this guide helps prepare each of us for Christmas.

Advent reminds us of the once and future visit of our Lord Jesus Christ. May the Christ come to all of us this Christmas! May these devotionals help prepare our hearts for the coming of Jesus.

This guide has instructions for daily devotions during this season. You are encouraged to read scripture, the brief devotion, and pray each day as you prepare your heart for Christmas.

I am grateful to the students, staff, and faculty who have contributed to the guide. I offer my gratitude to Marcia McDonald, the Provost of Belmont University, for her support of this project. I also especially thank Debbie Jacobs, Assistant to the Dean for the School of Religion. Her careful attention to detail brought this project to its successful completion. We could not have done it without her.

May each day reflecting upon God’s Word and upon the words of these writers lead each of us through Advent and to the coming of Christ!

Blessings,

Dr. Darrell Gwaltney

Dean, School of Religion

Recommended Citation

Belmont University, "Advent Devotional Guide 2009" (2009). Advent Devotional Guides. 13.
https://repository.belmont.edu/advent/13