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Usually when we think of the Advent story, Mary, Joseph, and the angel Gabriel come to mind. Okoro approaches Advent a little differently, inviting us to sit for a while with Zechariah and Elizabeth and the story of how they came to bear their only son, John. The Advent story we so often associate with the joy of Christmas actually begins with deep sorrow and longing. But thankfully, in the kingdom of God, there is always more to the story than meets the eye, Enuma Okoro writes. Zechariah and Elizabeth were good people. They had maintained faith and hope in God for many years, despite Elizabeth s inability to conceive, a condition considered shameful in their time. So they were quite familiar with the universal human experiences of longing and waiting. Even though this couple s story takes up only one chapter in Luke s Gospel, it contains enough lessons about faith and life to last for weeks. In her beautifully written, imaginative meditations for each day of Advent, Okoro looks closely at the doubts and longings of Zechariah and Elizabeth. As you explore their story, Okoro guides you to reflect on your own experiences of waiting and longing, of grief and the need for community, and of hungering for God. These poetic and poignant meditations will linger with you long after Christmas. Reflection questions and a prayer challenge accompany each week s meditations. A perfect book for individual or group study.
- Sales Rank: #478887 in Books
- Published on: 2012-09-29
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.40" h x .40" w x 5.40" l, .40 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 128 pages
From the Inside Flap
Sit for a while with Zechariah and Elizabeth. Feel their longings and doubts, and then witness their surprise as an angel tells Zechariah that they will finally become parents in their old age. See what happens when Zechariah dares to question God's messenger. What blessings emerge from his time of silence? In this imaginative approach to the Advent story, Okoro leads you to reflect on the meaning of waiting, living with the unknown, and trusting God.
About the Author
Enuma Okoro is a writer, speaker, and retreat leader. She graduated from Duke University Divinity School and served as director of the Center for Theological Writing there. She is the author of *Reluctant Pilgrim: A Moody, Somewhat Self-Indulgent Introvert's Sesarch for Spiritual Community** and coauthor, with Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, of *Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals.** Okoro's work has been featured on *Good Morning America**'s Spirituality page and in *The Christian Century.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
A beautiful book of holy longing
By Book Conspirator
If your anticipation of the holiday season is shot through with pockets of melancholy and longing; if you feel afraid to hope for good news; then Enuma Okoro is your guide into the sacred stories of Advent. Here is one of my favorite quotes among many wonderful passages worth savoring:
"We are invited to practice a unique kind of hospitality with one another, the sort that makes room for people to share the strange ways in which God is moving in their lives, the sort of hospitality that encourages people to put down wearisome baggage and trust God to fill their emptying hands and hearts, the sort of hospitality that nurtures space for holy listening and encourages people to believe that God is always in the business of making things new, bringing life into spaces that feel barren, and strengthening the weak to receive and offer the gifts of God."
Her themes are strong ones, which she draws from the biblical texts with unusual insight and the feel of hard-earned wisdom: Part One is "Surprised and Silenced by God"; Part Two is "Preparation and Laboring with God's Promises"; Part Three is "Trusting and Receiving God's Word." Her topics inject anti-consumerist leaven into the frenzy of cultural mania, and her familiarity with biblical characters will have them coming alive to you in fresh ways.
Quick, start a group and get this devotional to work through together. You might find yourselves making a surprising invitation to the Christ child to enter your lives in new ways.
Not since Walter Wangerin, Jr.'s Preparing for Jesus: Meditations on the Coming of Christ, Advent, Christmas and the Kingdom have I come across an advent devotional with this kind of depth and sensitivity.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Waiting in Silence
By Michelle Van Loon
I have yet to meet anyone who likes to wait. I usually stink at it, to tell you the truth.
But within the rhythm of the Christian year, Advent is the block of time leading up to Christmas given over to waiting. The practice is as countercultural as it comes. December's secular Festivus frenzy, with its shoppingholidaypartiescookieexchangesconcertsdecoratingwrapping is an exhausting runup to December 25. Though some count down through their December with Santa-themed "Advent" calendars, a nod to the waiting for Christmas, this counting down has more to do with beating a deadline than it does with waiting.
The kind of Advent observed through church history is all about waiting. As a Jewish believer, I have wrestled more than you can imagine with the lopsided, invented rhythm of "The Christian Year" as I've compared it to the cycle of celebration God gave his children in Leviticus 23. That said, I value the practice of Advent. I need to be invited to be still, to feel the weight of the wait for my salvation, to renew hope, to contemplate the miracle and gift of God-becoming-baby.
My companion for this year's December wait will be Enuma Okoro's Silence and Other Surprising Invitiations of Advent (Upper Room, 2012)**. Okoro, a fellow contributor to Christianity Today's Her.meneutics blog, has created 28 days of brief, rich meditations readers can use to reorient themselves. Week one's meditations begin is a slightly non-traditional place - with John the Baptizer's father, Zechariah. Themes of doubt and lament fill the week's devotions. Week two moves readers to consider the lives of Zechariah and his aging, miraculously pregnant wife Elizabeth, as we ponder barrenness and our own hollow spaces. Elizabeth, Mary and John carry us through week three as we contemplate relationship and our own wait. Week four places that wait in the context of community. Small group questions and four corporate candle-lighting service suggestions round out the text.
Okoro nudges us toward beauty in the bleakness of our wait. From Day 9:
"How do we live in states of barrenness and still practice the devotion of Elizabeth? Amazingly, God works through many barren wombs in Scripture. Sarah has Isaac. Hannah has Samuel. Ruth has Obadiah. Elizabeth has John. From the wombs the world calls cursed, forgotten, and barren, God brings forth life used to save, heal, guide, and prepare others for the kingdom. Our own lives testify to the painful fact that barrenness is not always transformed this side of heaven. Sometimes the child is not born, the loneliness persists, the ache deepens. But we have stories that dare us to remember that God is able, that God is present, and that God is yet coming. We have the witness of scripture, but we also strain our ears to listen for similar stories within our own communities. Where is God breaking in now? Who among us has an unbelievable song to sing of God's abundant provision? Who calls us to dare to hope?"
I appreciate the way in which Okoro's words speak right to my soul. I'll wait with Silence beginning at the end of this month. Recommended.
** How unbiased can a review be when I know the author and received a comp copy from her publisher? I'll leave that to you decide. As for me, I'm happy to share my thoughts about books I like a lot. I liked this book a lot.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Useful for Advent Gatherings
By Dr Conrade Yap
The Advent comes from the Latin word 'Adventus,' which means 'coming,' or 'arriving.' It is a month-long expectation of the remembrance of the birth of Jesus Christ, the new born King. For many Christians, it is also the mark of a new liturgical year. Thus, technically, we can call the first Sunday of December as the New Year's Day for Christians.
Here in this book, the biblical characters of Zechariah and Elizabeth are revisited in the first two weeks. This is followed by Elizabeth, Mary, and John in Week 3, ending with a summary of community involvement in Week 4.
What this book aims to accomplish is to help readers appreciate the way God has surprised the unexpected, silenced the faithless, and slowly but gradually turn despair to hope, barrenness to conception, doubt to trust, longing to belonging. Arranged in daily readings, each day comprises a short title to hold one's thought, followed by a Bible passage. A short reflection is then read, followed by a call to prayer. At the end of each Advent week, there is a "Personal Reflection" to help readers pause and examine themselves about their own spiritual longings and positions. This seventh day contains more scripture passages and a "prayerful challenge" for readers to actively engage themselves with. There are also guides for small groups, as well as other Advent readings for congregational activities.
Easy to use and pleasant to read, this book of Advent readings can be readily picked up and used by leaders in any Advent setting. This is a good book for the season.
Rating: 4.25 stars of 5.
conrade
This book is provided to me free by Upper Room Books and NetGalley without any obligation for a positive review. All opinions offered above are mine unless otherwise stated or implied.
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