Posts in Advent
Sojourner: Advent Daybook 4


An Advent daybook for these weeks of prayerful expectation.

Look: Haitian migrants cross the Rio Grande back into Mexico from Del Rio, Texas, on September 20, 2021.

John Moore / Getty - Source

Listen: See the Traveler, Sara & Ruby Groves - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 119:1-24, Amos 3:12-4:5; 2 Peter 3:1-10; Matthew 21:23-32

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Prayers of the People (Form VI)

Do: Stand with Haitian migrants.

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This is My Son: Advent Daybook 3


An Advent Daybook Meditation for these weeks of prayerful expectation.

Look: Masdan Mo Ang Kalikasan (“Look at the surroundings”), Edgar “Egai” Fernandez - Source

Listen: What Child Is This?, Jeff Johnson, Brian Dunning, and John Fitzpatrick - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 5, 6; Amos 3:1-11; 2 Peter 1:12-21; Matthew 21:12-22

Pray: From Psalm 5:1-3 (CEV)

Do: Choose a Psalm from one of the daily readings, or another that is meaningful to memorize during Advent.

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The Words of Amos: Advent Daybook 2


An Advent daybook for these weeks of prayerful expectation.

Look: The Prophet Amos, Barry Moser - Source

Listen: Messiah: Part the First: No. 10 Recitative: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, George Frideric Handel, Robert Shaw Orchestra - Text | Spotify | YouTube

Read: Psalm 1, 2, 3, Amos 1:1-2, 2:6-16; 2 Peter 1:1-11; Matthew 21:1-11

Pray: From 2 Peter 1:10-11

Do: As you read today's Scripture passages, pay attention to what word or short phrase especially stirs your heart.

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Redemption is Near: Advent Daybook 1


An Advent daybook for these weeks of prayerful expectation.

Look: Monumental painting, Cathedral of Saint Malo, Augustin Frison-Roche - Source

Listen: He Comes, The Porter’s Gate [feat. Molly Parden & Jonathan Ogden] - Spotify | YouTube

Read: Jeremiah 33:14-16, Psalm 25:1-10, 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13, Luke 21:25-36

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for First Sunday in Advent

Do: Enjoy a slow, steady increase of light as Christmas approaches.

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