{"product_id":"the-wondrous-mystery-an-upper-room-advent-reader-9780835818896","title":"The Wondrous Mystery: An Upper Room Advent Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDuring Advent, we think about a wondrous mystery: that God chose to become human and lived among us. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Wondrous Mystery invites readers to reflect on several paradoxes that make up the Advent season: light and darkness, peace and strife, solitude and community, simplicity and complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis daily Advent reader incorporates meditations from Weavings: A Journal of the Christian Spiritual Life. Writers include Barbara Brown Taylor, Henri J. M. Nouwen, Sue Monk Kidd, Wendell Berry, Wendy M. Wright, and other voices from Weavings, which contained the teachings and perspectives of some of the finest theologians and teachers of Christian spiritual formation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompiler Ben Howard writes, \"The glory of the Advent season is that it's irrational. It shows us a glimpse of the way that God turns the world and our expectations upside down. . . . In a season filled with the longest, darkest nights, we are told to wait for the coming of the most beautiful light.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Howard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Room Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.30w x 0.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780835818896\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHoward, Benjamin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Benjamin Howard is a writer and editor in Nashville, Tennessee. He holds a Master of Theological Studies from Lipscomb University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upper Room Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40219112112243,"sku":"0835818896","price":11.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0b93d42c-61e6-4f6c-8032-c863a9db4ca0.jpg?v=1656596526","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-wondrous-mystery-an-upper-room-advent-reader-9780835818896","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}