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Publication Date

2008

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

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We are finishing an amazing fall semester here at Belmont University. All the world came to visit us during the presidential debate that was held on our campus in early October. Before and after the debate, we welcomed a wide variety of experts and leaders in all fields to speak and help us think about our place in the world.

We hope this guide now prepares us for Christmas. Advent is that season of waiting that carefully and purposefully helps us to realign our priorities and to glimpse, anew, our place before God. May these devotionals help prepare our hearts for the coming of Jesus.

While the world visited us this fall, Advent reminds us of the once and future visit of our Lord Jesus Christ. May the Christ come to all of us this Christmas!

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, faculty, and trustee who have contributed to the guide. I offer my gratitude to Dan McAlexander, the Provost of Belmont University, for his 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

Advent Devotional Guide 2008

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