Prepare the Way: Cultivating a Heart for God in Advent

by Pamela C. Hawkins

Overview

Throughout Advent we read and sing the words Prepare the Way as we make room to welcome the Christ child into our lives once again. We prepare our city streets and buildings. We prepare our homes and workspaces. But sometimes Advent can slip away from us before we can prepare our hearts.

In this 4-week study and prayer book, Pamela Hawkins invites us to prepare our hearts through guided prayer, readings from Isaiah and Matthew, as well as brief reflections on four scriptural themes: Peace, Justice, Fearlessness, and Faithfulness.

Prepare the Way includes these spiritual practices:

• Prayers of invocation, intercession, and benediction
• Reflection through spiritual reading
• Silence
• Meditation on scripture
• Call to Christian witness and service

4 weeks • Includes Leader's Guide

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780835815710
Publisher:	Upper Room Books
Publication date:	09/01/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	112
File size:	859 KB

About the Author

Pamela C. Hawkins, a United Methodist pastor, serves as managing editor of Weavings: A Journal of the Christian Spiritual Life (www.weavings.org). Prior to her work with Weavings, Hawkins served in local church and seminary settings, giving particular attention to the spiritual life and care of clergy and lay leaders. She is the author of two books, The Awkward Season: Prayers for Lent and Simply Wait: Cultivating Stillness in the Season of Advent, both from Upper Room Books.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9

How to Use This Book 11

Week 1 The Way of Peace 15

Week 2 The Way of Justice 35

Week 3 The Way of Fearlessness 55

Week 4 The Way of Faithfulness 75

Small-Group Study Leader's Guide 95

About the Author 107