Advent Books

The story goes that in the fall of 2018, the Pastor of Communication at my church came to me with an idea to create some devotional books for our congregation and asked if I would help him, since I work in printing. Obviously, I said yes! 

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Neither of us expected this project to grow the way it did over the next few years, but I got to explore design and writing in this annual project. I also found that each year, as I leaned more and more into the season of Advent, I grew to love it more and found myself in awe of the mystery of the incarnation.

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I also got to see many people reflect along with me, both from new and repeat contributors and from feedback from longtime congregants who looked forward to the books each year. Looking back through the books, I am reminded of the hours put in, but also the memories of spending each Advent season with my church family sitting in the uncomfortable waiting to experience the divine, mind-blowing story of “Emmanuel, God with us,” anew.