A Surprising God
Description
The world is slowly emerging from the worst global emergency in a century, and the myriad struggles of the contemporary moment-division, isolation, illness, and uncertainty-make living our faith a challenge. For Christians, a number of questions have gained new urgency: Where do we find hope when it seems in such short supply? Where are the signs of God's peace in this divided world? Where do we find a deeper sense of joy?
Thomas G. Long and Donyelle C. McCray remind us that these are the questions of Advent in their new daily devotional, A Surprising God. Mindful of the stresses of life today in a world torn apart by conflict, marked by political division, and in the midst of a global health crisis, these devotions for Advent and Christmas invite readers to honest reflection on the challenges of being people of faith in this moment. Long and McCray explore what it means to wait for our salvation, to be open to the surprising thing that God is about to do, and to find hope in God's choice of the small and the insignificant.
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Thomas G. Long is Bandy Professor Emeritus of Preaching at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, and is one of the most popular preachers in the United States today. He is the author of many books, including The Witness of Preaching, Preaching and the Literary Forms of the Bible, and The Good Funeral (cowritten with Thomas Lynch).
Content
- Intro
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- First Week of Advent
- Day 1: The God of Surprises
- Day 2: Do You Understand?
- Day 3: The Bright Morning Star
- Day 4: Discerning the Signs
- Day 5: Living and Dying in Christ
- Day 6: Last Will and Testament
- Day 7: Friends of the Kingdom
- Second Week of Advent
- Day 1: Dawn from On High
- Day 2: The Invisibility of Hope
- Day 3: All We Need
- Day 4: The Disappointing Jesus
- Day 5: When We Sing
- Day 6: Generosity
- Day 7: God Sees the Effort
- Third Week of Advent
- Day 1: God the Gardener
- Day 2: "As the Waters Cover the Sea"
- Day 3: The Peaceful Kingdom
- Day 4: Spiritual Maturity
- Day 5: Sisyphus and Jesus
- Day 6: You Have Our Attention
- Day 7: The Bread of Tears
- Fourth Week of Advent
- Day 1: God's Affection for the Small
- Day 2: The Center Holds
- Day 3: The Right Words
- Day 4: Knocking Down Walls
- Day 5: Slow Miracles
- Day 6: The Long Road to Bethlehem
- Day 7: Cosmic Rejoicing
- Notes
- Excerpt from Lent in Plain Sight, by Jill J. Duffield
