Advent asks us to wait while everything else tells us to hurry.
There are presents to buy, gatherings to attend, meals to plan, and a long list of things to finish before Christmas arrives. Our schedules get crowded, our homes get crowded, and sometimes our hearts do too.
Make Room: An Advent Journey invites you to spend this season considering a simple question: what would it mean to make room for God?
Making room isn't one more thing to add to the list. It may mean doing less. It may mean being quiet long enough to listen, letting go of a plan that isn't working out, noticing someone we might otherwise overlook, or becoming a little more willing to welcome the unexpected. The Advent story is full of people doing exactly that: Mary and Joseph, and others who waited, wondered, and trusted without knowing how the story would unfold.
Inside you'll find:
- Twenty-five daily readings leading to Christmas morning
- A passage of Scripture for each day
- A short, personal reflection written by a member of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in McKinney, Texas
These reflections come from people who share pews, potlucks, and prayers: honest, warm, sometimes funny, and always grounded in the hope that God draws near. Read them on your own in a quiet moment each day, or share them as a household, small group, or congregation.
Edited by The Rev. Logan Hurst and The Rev. Paulette Magnuson, Make Room is the third book of Advent devotionals from St. Andrew's. Each volume stands on its own, so you can begin here.
Because the good news of Christmas is not that we finally found room for God. It's that, all along, God has been making room for us.
