Advent

My first exposure to Advent was in Germany where we lived in the 1980s. I was fascinated by the advent calendar found in all the German stores. You know the cute little December calendar that had a piece of chocolate hidden behind each day of the month.

Then our church in TN (in the 90s) celebrated advent each Sunday of December by reading a scripture and lighting a special advent candle.

This year I am reading through the Advent Daily Scripture readings:

Sunday November 29 - Isaiah 42:1-9 (Light the Prophecy Candle)
Monday November 30 - Psalm 89:1-29
Tuesday December 1 - Isaiah 55
Wednesday December 2 - Isaiah 35
Thursday December 3 - Luke 1:26-38
Friday December 4 - John 1:1-10
Saturday December 5- John 1:11-18

Sunday December 6 - Micah 5:2 (Light the Bethlehem Candle)
Monday December 7 - Malachi 3:1-4
Tuesday December 8 - Matthew 1:18-25
Wednesday December 9 - Mark 1:1-13
Thursday December 10 - Isaiah 40:1-11
Friday December 11 - Isaiah 52:1-6
Saturday December 12 - Isaiah 9:2-7

Sunday December 13 - Luke 2:8-20 (Light the Shepherd Candle)
Monday December 14 - Luke 1:5-25
Tuesday December 15 - Luke 1:39-56
Wednesday December 16 - Jeremiah 33:7-16
Thursday December 17 - Luke 1:57-80
Friday December 18 - Isaiah 61
Saturday December 19 - Revelation 21:1-7

Sunday December 20 - Matthew 1:18-25 (Light the Angel Candle)
Monday December 21 - Revelation 1:10-18
Tuesday December 22 - Matthew 2:1-12
Wednesday December 23 - Luke 1:28-38
Thursday December 24 - Luke 2:1-20 (Light the Christ Candle)
Friday December 25 - Read the Christmas story together from Luke 2:1-38