Keeping Christ at the center of the Christmas season is always a challenge, especially for us crazy busy parents. The hectic pace of life intensifies during December, and often our focus shifts to the never-ending list of responsibilities and chores to complete before the big day.

What’s a busy mom or dad to do?

Well, strategically celebrating Advent is a wonderful way to keep Christ central in all the commotion of gatherings, parties, concerts, baking, and buying. Utilizing Advent calendars, candles, and books help us to focus on the magnitude of what Christ accomplished in coming to earth while pointing us toward his return.

My guest in episode 80 of CHRISTIAN PARENT/CRAZY WORLD, Laurie Christine, has accumulated a wealth of devotional resources that will help enrich your Christmas season by celebrating Advent. Laurie and I start by digging into the history of Advent. Then we highlight the great gift of celebrating God’s hope, peace, joy, and love in line with each candle lit. And I share an incredible testimony of how God used the first Sunday of Advent to give me hope at the lowest point of my life. You can see a clip of that here:
 

Laurie also offers a wealth of devotional and book recommendations for all ages to participate in the wonderful celebration of Advent. (You can find link to all of those incredible resources HERE.)

You don’t want to miss this powerful and practical conversation that will help you keep Christ at the center of your family’s Christmas. You can listen this episode of  CP/CW on Life Audio by clicking on the image below:

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RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Laurie Christine’s website: https://lauriechristine.com/ 

Laurie Christine’s Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/laurie.christine.author/?hl=en 

Laurie Christine has created a wonderful resource for CPCW listeners that contains all of the devotionals and books covered in this episode which can be accessed here:

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