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Weary World

Reflections for a Blue Christmas

Weary World

Reflections for a Blue Christmas

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Paperback / softback

£10.00

Publisher: Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S.
ISBN: 9780664266936
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 22/09/2020
Width: 12.7 cm
Height: 20.3 cm

During the holidays, so many of us can suffer for all kinds of reasons. The magnitude of our weary world weighs on our hearts and minds. We wrestle with chronic pain, broken relationships, shattered dreams, fragile faith, and unexpected losses. Our grief and sorrow feel particularly acute when compared to the festivity and joy everyone else seems to be feeling. More and more churches are acknowledging this fact with "Blue Christmas" services (also called “Longest Night” services) and offering resources to give particular support and comfort to those struggling during the “most wonderful time of the year.”

Kathy Escobar has been leading Blue Christmas experiences at her church for nearly a decade and just experienced her bluest season of all following the sudden death of her son. In A Weary World, Escobar provides twenty-eight daily reflections paired with prayers and practices to honor our struggles during the holidays. Weekly resources make this Advent devotional suitable for group study as well.

Kathy Escobar

Kathy Escobaris copastor of The Refuge, a Christian community and mission in North Denver. A trained spiritual director and group facilitator, Kathy is the author ofPracticing, Faith Shift, and Down We Go.

"This year is nothing like we anticipated. Who would have guessed back in January at the turn of the calendar, we would be distancing from one another and learning to live our lives in new ways? Kathy Escobar's newest book,A Weary World: Reflections for a Blue Christmasis balm for the soul in such a time as this."-The Englewood Review of Books

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