Brightest and Best: 31 Advent Devotions on Jesus

• Hardback, illustrated advent devotional
• Scripture passgae, short reading and carol lyrics
• For each day in December - including after Christmas

This 31-day advent devotional built around the words of well-loved carols will bring comfort and hope in the darkest time of the year. Amidst the building pressure to put reality on hold for a while, and just Have a Good Time, Philippa Wilson communicates joyful, uplifting, and glorious Christmas truths in fresh ways. The purpose of each devotion is to stir up hope and faith, and praise for Jesus, as well as to encourage readers to think biblically and deeply about the carols we sing each year.

Author:

Philippa Ruth Wilson has blogged about Jesus and depression at A Certain Brightness for 5 years. She holds a BA in theology, an MA in creative writing, and teaches English to Cardiff teenagers. Outside of the classroom, you will find her charity shop bargain-hunting, writing her novel or having a nap.

Endorsements:

What a delight this devotional work is! Deeply theological yet succinct and engaging, Philippa's work will serve to give readers a daily dose of significant insights into the wonder of our glorious Savior.
--Mary K. Mohler, Director, Seminary Wives Institute, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky

Philippa Ruth Wilson … has married all-too-familiar lines of our carols with 31 Bible readings, rearticulating them in crisp profundity. Her poetry, honest of life's darkness and pain, complements her lively engagement. Reading this book will have you belting out carols with renewed vim and adoration for Emmanuel!
--Natalie Brand, Author and Tutor for Women, Union School of Theology, Wales

Interweaving the wisdom and grace of her aptly termed Carolsville with the wonderous story of Jesus, Philippa Wilson in Brightest and Best sparks longing and love within us during the Advent and Christmas seasons. She welcomes us to share her deep love of the 'little Lord Jesus' - a mind-bending notion of the God who became Man. I commend it with joy.
--Amy Boucher Pye, Author, Celebrating Christmas

An absolute gem! … each day of the devotional offers us comfort, strength and most important of all, the hope of redemption. Like the Magi, our response is worship. This is a book I will be buying and giving to friends.
--Elizabeth McQuoid Author and commissioning editor, Keswick Ministries

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