Join us for a heartfelt conversation with Byron Borger of Hearts & Minds Bookstore as we explore the meaning of Advent and how to enter this season with intention. Byron shares his favorite Advent books, personal traditions, and practical ways to embrace holy waiting in a hurried world.

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📙 Books Mentioned:

• Advent: The Once and Future Coming of Jesus Christ – Fleming

Rutledge (Eerdmans, 2018)

• The First Advent in Palestine: Reversals, Resistance, and the

Ongoing Complexity of Hope – Kelly Nikondeha (Broadleaf Books, 2022)

• Hints of Hope: Essays on Living Proximately – Steven Garber

(Pericles Press, 2024)

• Advent (The Liturgical Year Series) – Tish Harrison Warren

(InterVarsity Press, 2022)

• Christmas: The Season of Light and Life (The Liturgical Year

Series) – Emily Hunter McGowin (InterVarsity Press, 2022)

• Epiphany: Season of Glory (The Liturgical Year Series) –

Fleming Rutledge (InterVarsity Press, 2023)

• The Art of Living in Advent: 28 Days of Joyful Waiting –

Sylvie Van Hooser (Paraclete Press, 2024)

• Advent Is the Story: Seeing the Nativity Throughout Scripture

– Daniel Spanjer (Square Halo Books, 2022)

• With Heart and Soul and Voice: Advent Devotions on the First

Christmas Songs – Tim Chester (The Good Book Company, 2024)

• A Book of Days: Christmas Reflections from the Northwest –

Steve Moore & Contributors (Murdoch Trust, 2024)

• Praying with Saint Nicholas: A Christmas Devotional – Matt

Mikalatos (Tyndale House, 2024)

• Waiting for Jesus: An Advent Invitation to Prayer and Renewal

– Rich Villodas (WaterBrook, 2024)

• The Star Still Beckons: Gifts of Presence at Advent and

Christmas – Leonard Sweet (Salish Sea Press, 2024)

• Unhappy Holidays: Advent Devotional Blessings for a Blue

Christmas – Sherri Lee Gerber (Herald Press, 2024)

• All Creation Waits: The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings –

Gayle Boss; Illustrations by David G. Klein (Paraclete Press, 2016; Gift

Edition 2021)

• All Creation Waits: Children’s Edition – Gayle Boss (Paraclete

Press, 2022)

• The Biggest Story: Advent Devotional – Kevin DeYoung;

Illustrations by Don Clark (Crossway, 2023)

• The One We’re Waiting For: An Illustrated Advent Devotional

for Families – Taylor Combs (B&H Publishing Group, 2023)

• Incarnation: A Bible Study on the Coming of Christ – Derek

Vreeland (Word of Life Resources, 2024)

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