The Uncluttered Heart: Making Room for God During Advent and Christmas - Softcover

Richardson, Beth A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0835899942 ISBN 13: 9780835899949

Publisher: Upper Room Books, 2009

Synopsis

It's a time when we prepare our lives - hearts, minds and spirits - for the coming of the Christ child. We sweep out the corners of our hearts, cleaning up the clutter, to make space for God's hope, peace, joy, love and presence. The Uncluttered Heart offers four weeks of guided reflection through the weeks of Advent on through Epiphany. Each day provides a
* quotation
* scripture passage
* reflection
* prayer
This book includes a study guide for groups.

About this title

About the Author:

Beth A. Richardson serves as the Director of Electronic Publishing for Upper Room Ministries. She began The Upper Rooms web ministry in 1996 with the launch of upperroom.org. A native of Oklahoma, she holds a BA from Oklahoma City University and a MDiv from Vanderbilt University School of Divinity. She wrote extensively for Alive Now magazine when she served as its Associate Editor; and she contributed stories to two volumes of The Storytellers Companion to the Bible. She is an ordained Deacon in The United Methodist Church.

Review:

Opening the pages of this book is like entering a holy place. You meet wise teachers through their quotes, comforting and challenging biblical texts, simple words for your pocket, prayers for the heart, and Beth who weaves it all together with her own story so we can approach the manger with an uncluttered heart and kneel. --Larry J. Peacock Executive Director of Rolling Ridge Retreat and Conference Center in North Andover MA

About this edition

• Publisher: Upper Room Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0835899942
• ISBN 13: 9780835899949
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128