Advent in Plain Sight: A Devotion through Ten Objects

A perfect Advent devotional by a beloved writer. Simply beautiful, and also deeply challenging. Don’t skip over this one.

This book invite you to pause and focus on the reason for this path it offers meditations readings

Used the book in a study group which led to great discussions and insight.

Advent readings have always been important for me. My expectations were high as I ordered this book to read along with a friend. The first week focused on Tears. Depressing yet I plowed thru looking for words of encouragement and hope. By the second week which focused on Belts...I began to wonder if the author was at all familiar with the daily Scriptures for Advent 2. Her bias toward equity/equality in a political sense was the end for me. It's too bad, since there are wonderful devotional books that have been written that focus on the miracle of Incarnation. Not worth the time to read it or the paper it's written on.

I enjoy history in x number of objects type of books so was really curious to see an advent devotional in objects. I must say I was not disappointed and in fact feel that this would make a great devotional as we approach Christmas. I may never look at gates, belts, etc the same way again! This is indeed a wonderful way to see God and His messages even in ordinary everyday things around us.The author is a very capable writer - this is such a well written and accessible book. The questions for reflection are spiritually challenging and offers a lot of food for thought.I couldn’t help but look out for and miss some little vignettes of the objects to beautify the book but that’s just the art journaler in me, I guess!I’m already looking forward to using this devotional as the season approaches.

Can we see Jesus and his advent (first and second) through the mundane things of daily life? Jill Duffield would say that we can. This timely book is intended to be read through the time of Advent as a daily meditation, followed by questions to provoke thought and discussion, and culminating with a prayer.I felt that the book was well-written and well-thought-out. I appreciated the structure and the easy-to-follow flow. Despite the obvious talent and intelligence of the author, however, I found myself disappointed. Perhaps it was because my expectations were too high. I found myself wondering if Duffield had chosen disconnected items and then searched out pieces of scripture at random that mention these items. While each weekly theme did create a commonality in the topics, I still felt it was disconnected. I'm wondering if, perhaps, my approach to the book as a personal, individual devotional was wrong, and if perhaps using it as the base for a group conversation and discussion would have served me better. I appreciated very much the opportunity to read this book, and was given this advance reader copy by @Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Great coffee table book. Queen Elizabeth is a amazing woman. Beautiful pictures.