Jill J. Duffield

I love the concept of a daily Advent devotional, especially one that goes through Christmas _and_ Epiphany. Many stop at Christmas Eve, or the morning of Christmas Day--which makes sense!--but Epiphany doesn't always get the same level of attention!

As another reviewer mentioned, the 10 selected items felt a bit disjointed. Certainly the author does a great job at relating each individually to the Advent season; I would have liked to see more relating each item to _each other_. Individually, show more separately, fascinating; collectively, I felt it a tad wanting. I also would have enjoyed pictures! Perhaps the published version includes some; the cover is sure classy, and I can just imagine how well pics of each item would add to the read.

The included reflection questions and prayer each day are invaluable, and perhaps my favorite part. Each daily entry is a good length; not too long, but enough to flesh out each topic and focus the mind.

I received an eARC of the book from the publisher via NetGalley. All opinions are my own. show less