{"id":290889,"date":"2018-09-21T00:29:01","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T04:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=290889"},"modified":"2018-09-21T00:31:46","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T04:31:46","slug":"look-a-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2018\/09\/look-a-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Look, a book!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Well, it finally happened. Someone is actually publishing a book with my name on it.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m pleased and proud to introduce my contribution to \u201cThe Living Gospel\u201d<\/strong> series published by Ave Maria Press: daily devotions for Advent 2018. (Yes, Advent<\/em>. It\u2019s a little over two months away. Commence your freak-out now.)\u00a0 It officially goes on sale today, September 21.<\/p>\n

As the folks at Ave Maria<\/a><\/strong> describe it:<\/p>\n

Daily Devotions for Advent 2018<\/i>\u00a0offers prayerful guidance from the first Sunday of Advent to Christmas Day through a daily reflection on the gospel reading, a focused spiritual exercise, and a brief prayer that sums up the day\u2019s theme and asks for God\u2019s blessing.<\/p>\n

Deacon Greg Kandra, creator of\u00a0The Deacon\u2019s Bench<\/i>\u00a0and popular blogger, will challenge you to celebrate Advent with patience and help you be ready for a happy and holy Christmas. He keeps you focused on the mystery of Christ\u2019s coming and shows you how to prepare your heart to welcome him.<\/p>\n

Each two-page daily devotion offers brief Bible verses, prayers, wise and practical reflections on the Word of God, and an easy-to-do spiritual exercise that you can usually accomplish in a single day. Kandra\u2019s daily reflections will help root your Advent journey in the daily gospel readings and lead you to spiritual renewal as you get ready for Christmas.<\/p>\n

The compact size and affordable pricing make this ideal for individuals as well as bulk purchases in parishes, schools, diocesan offices, and other Catholic settings.<\/p>\n

The Living Gospel series of devotionals for Lent and Advent offers spiritual insight and practical wisdom from popular Catholic preachers, speakers, and homilists. A new voice each season and a simple format invite Catholics to hear and embrace the living Word of God.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Whoa. Did you see the \u201caffordable pricing\u201d<\/strong> part? This little book is conveniently priced at just $1.95, and the Kindle edition is just 99 cents. Such a deal!<\/p>\n

You can order it through the Ave Maria website<\/a><\/strong> (bulk orders get discounts!) and Amazon.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

For years, people have been asking me, \u201cWhen are you going to write a book?\u201d but it took Lisa Hendey<\/a><\/strong> and the good people at Ave Maria to convince me this was actually something I might be able to do. Not only that, but we had such a good time doing this, I\u2019m returning for an encore: I\u2019ll be writing next spring\u2019s devotions for Lent 2019.<\/p>\n

Meantime, buy my book! (I\u2019m not going to be subtle). Tell your friends! Tell your pastor! (I know at least one, up in Massachusetts, who is buying a bunch for his parish.) Tell your DRE! Tell your religious ed teachers!<\/p>\n

Finally, I hope you like reading it as much as I liked writing it. And my greatest wish is that this little book helps to enliven your Advent and enrich your prayer life. As I write in the introduction:<\/p>\n

It is my hope that these brief reflections will serve as a companion for the journey toward Christmas\u2014offering a fresh way of thinking about and experiencing this holy time. Each day is structured very simply, to allow a busy Christian to find just a few minutes every day to reflect on the world around us\u2014to be still and be with God.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Happy reading! And, of course, thank you!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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