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    Light Upon Light: A Literary Guide to Prayer for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany
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    Light Upon Light: A Literary Guide to Prayer for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany
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    Light Upon Light: A Literary Guide to Prayer for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany

    By Sarah Arthur

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    This collection of daily and weekly readings goes through the liturgical seasons of winter — including Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. New voices such as Amit Majmudar and Scott Cairns are paired with well-loved classics by Dickens, Andersen, and Eliot.

    “For years I have been seeking a book which weaves scripture, prayer and the finest poetry and fiction into the devotional experience of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany. Finally I have found it: an elegant and accessible gem with some classic texts and a rich selection from contemporary literature. This is not only a useful book, it is edifying and exciting reading—the perfect way for the literature lover to focus, meditate and celebrate this time of year.”
    — Jill Peláez Baumgaertner, poet; Professor of English and Dean of Humanities and Theological Studies, Wheaton College

    “Maybe it’s not right to think of feasting during the somewhat penitential season of Advent, but that is what this book is: a sumptuous feast.”
    –Lauren F. Winner

    "In our individual darknesses we long for more light. Sarah Arthur understands this, and, as if pulling together scores of candles with burning wicks, she illuminates our whole year with the gift of flaming words. A treasure of enlightenment."
    -Luci Shaw, author of Breath for the Bones and Adventure of Ascent

    "A beautifully navigated journey through a treasury of literary wisdom - a book to cherish."
    -Jeremy Begbie, professor of theology and director of Duke University Initiatives in Theology and the Arts

    Sarah Arthur is a fun-loving speaker and author of nine books, including The One Year Coffee With God and At the Still Point. A graduate of Wheaton College and Duke Divinity, she lives in Michigan with her pastor-husband Tom and their two small sons. www.saraharthur.com
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherParaclete Press
    Release dateOct 1, 2014
    ISBN9781612616070
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    Light Upon Light: A Literary Guide to Prayer for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany
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    Sarah Arthur

    Sarah is the author of over twelve books ranging from bestselling devotionals to critical engagement with literature. A graduate of Wheaton College and Duke University Divinity School, she's a founding board member of the annual C.S. Lewis Festival and served as writer-in-residence for the Frederick Buechner Writers Workshop at Princeton Theological Seminary. She's also the preliminary fiction judge for the Christianity Today Book Awards, through which she grades on a L’Engle-inspired curve. She can't wait till her two little boys are old enough to be read aloud A Wrinkle in Time.

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