An Advent daybook for these 29 days of prayerful expectation. Join me, won't you?

Opening Prayer: O Emmanuel, king and lawgiver, desire of the nations, Savior of all people: Come and set us free, Lord our God.

Read: Isaiah 7:14; Luke 1:31-33; Isaiah 43:1-2,8-9a,10-13; 1 Timothy 3:16

Pray: Read Malcolm Guite's sonnet and then sing all of the verses of O Come, O Come, Emmanuel as today's prayer.

Do: Make space for rest today. Set your timer for 25 minutes and recline. If you have napping children at home, take a nap with them. This will go against every instinct when you probably have things left to do before Christmas. Try it anyway.

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