Daily Advent Devotional

By Phillips Seminary

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Melissa
 Dec 24, 2023
I stumbled on this devotional series late in the 2023 advent season but will be back at the start next year. Rich, gentle, thoughtful, encouraging and hopeful.

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Phillips Theological Seminary is once again providing this Advent Devotional for you and congregations. We continue to be blessed by the response to the booklet and the way that it is used. Many have shared that you use the booklet to assist with sermon preparation, in church small groups and Sunday school classes, as a daily congregation-wide devotion, and for personal and family devotion time. We have asked four writers to write on the theme for each week of Advent. We are so grateful for staff, scholars, and alumni that are willing to contribute to this devotional.


The writers are:

Week One, HOPE: the Rev. Dr. F. Douglas Powe Jr., President and Mouzon Biggs, Jr. Professor of Methodist Studies

Week Two, PEACE: the Rev. Mike Miller, Alum, Senior Minister at Marion Christian Church (Marion, Illinois)

Week Three, JOY: the Rev. Jenny Wynn, Director of Advancement

Week Four, LOVE: the Rev. Dr. Allie Utley, Assistant Professor of Liturgy and Practical Theology.


Our readers for this podcast are Ashely Gibson, Executive Assistant to the President and Board, and Matt Dean, Online Social Media Specialist. This year's cover graphic, The Path to Christmas, ws created by fourth grader Eden Berman.


We are grateful that you choose to join us in reflection and thoughtfulness by reading the Advent Devotional.


In Gratitude,

Malisa Pierce

Assistant Vice President of Advancement


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Episode Date
The Peace of Advent
Dec 13, 2025
Advent Rest
Dec 12, 2025
Peace and Hope
Dec 11, 2025
The Call of Peace
Dec 10, 2025
Peace in the Preparations
Dec 09, 2025
When Mountains Crumble in Advent
Dec 08, 2025
Peace in the Valley
Dec 07, 2025
Hope is about Trust
Dec 06, 2025
Hope is for Everyone
Dec 05, 2025
Hope is about Good News
Dec 04, 2025
Hope is about Evidence
Dec 03, 2025
Hope is about Keeping Promises
Dec 02, 2025
Hope is a New Reality
Dec 01, 2025
Hope is Predicated on Truth
Nov 30, 2025
2025 Introduction
Nov 23, 2025
Preaching and Praise
Dec 25, 2024
Giving Birth in a World Out of Joint
Dec 24, 2024
Mary: From Puzzlement to Praise
Dec 23, 2024
Jesus’ Conception and Birth
Dec 22, 2024
Joy in Surviving
Dec 21, 2024
Rejoice Together—Weep Together
Dec 20, 2024
Dancing with Joy
Dec 19, 2024
Joy Is…
Dec 18, 2024
Pause in Joy
Dec 17, 2024
Joy for All
Dec 16, 2024
Spiritual & Social Transformation
Dec 15, 2024
Divine Peace for All
Dec 14, 2024
Faithful Response
Dec 13, 2024
Unprecedented Peace
Dec 12, 2024
Steadfast Love
Dec 11, 2024
Shalom: Peace with Justice
Dec 10, 2024
God’s Desire: Wholeness
Dec 09, 2024
Pause in Joy
Dec 08, 2024
God’s Shalom: Here & Now
Dec 08, 2024
Hope and Resistance
Dec 07, 2024
Hope in Tears
Dec 06, 2024
Hope in a Peace-full Future
Dec 05, 2024
Hope in Things Unseen
Dec 04, 2024
Hope in Divine Action
Dec 03, 2024
Hope in the Lions’ Den
Dec 02, 2024
Hope Amid Injustice
Dec 01, 2024
Past, Present, Future
Dec 24, 2023
The Details of Right and Rites
Dec 23, 2023
Golden Repair
Dec 22, 2023
Reflecting Jesus
Dec 21, 2023
A Book of Remembrance
Dec 20, 2023
Finding Joy in Divine Presence
Dec 19, 2023
Peace and Troublemaking
Dec 18, 2023
Joy
Dec 17, 2023
New Expectations
Dec 16, 2023
Peace
Dec 15, 2023
On Being Human
Dec 14, 2023
Do Not Be Afraid
Dec 13, 2023
Faith, Not Fear
Dec 12, 2023
Radical Peace
Dec 11, 2023
A Bridge of Restoration
Dec 10, 2023
A Word of Hope
Dec 09, 2023
Beacons of Light
Dec 08, 2023
Hope from Dawn and Rain
Dec 07, 2023
One of the Little Clans
Dec 06, 2023
Imaginations of Others
Dec 05, 2023
A World of Divine Imagining
Dec 04, 2023
Embrace and Extent
Dec 03, 2023
Tis the Season to...
Dec 25, 2022
Love
Dec 24, 2022
God is at Work
Dec 23, 2022
Facing the Vortex
Dec 22, 2022
Grandparent Stories
Dec 21, 2022
The World Upside Down
Dec 20, 2022
Staying Open to Closed Doors
Dec 19, 2022
Dreaming During Advent
Dec 18, 2022
Embracing the Both/And
Dec 17, 2022
What is my House?
Dec 16, 2022
No Bartering Required
Dec 15, 2022
Joyful Action
Dec 14, 2022
Time for Wavering
Dec 13, 2022
Seeking What is Holy
Dec 12, 2022
Joy and Grief
Dec 11, 2022
A New Kind of Music
Dec 10, 2022
A Second Coming
Dec 09, 2022
Peace
Dec 08, 2022
Spirit into Action
Dec 07, 2022
Peace and Power = Bold Peace!
Dec 06, 2022
Steadfast Love
Dec 05, 2022
Envision the Impossible
Dec 04, 2022
Hope
Dec 03, 2022
Legacy of Love
Dec 02, 2022
Hope
Dec 01, 2022
Love Wins
Nov 30, 2022
The Hope of Repeated Promises
Nov 29, 2022
Restoration
Nov 28, 2022
A Familiar Place
Nov 27, 2022
Christmas Day: Life
Dec 25, 2021
Good News for the Working Class
Dec 24, 2021
Mary’s Song in Troubled Times
Dec 23, 2021
An Inclusive Faith
Dec 22, 2021
Life in the Darkness
Dec 21, 2021
Praise the LORD
Dec 20, 2021
A Song of Love and Justice
Dec 19, 2021
A Roller-Coaster Season
Dec 18, 2021
Remembering and Perservering!
Dec 17, 2021
Embodying the Covenant
Dec 16, 2021
Sacred Autonomy
Dec 15, 2021
Where Faith Leads
Dec 14, 2021
Korah's Rebellion
Dec 13, 2021
Extended Warranty
Dec 12, 2021
Second Kind of Faith
Dec 11, 2021
Cheerful Giving and Receiving
Dec 10, 2021
Faith Leads Us to Peace
Dec 09, 2021
A Hope Filled Longing for Joy
Dec 08, 2021
Someday at Christmas
Dec 07, 2021
A Word of Comfort
Dec 06, 2021
Work in Progress
Dec 05, 2021
Too Big to Fail, Too Small to Matter?
Dec 04, 2021
Meeting People Where We/They Are
Dec 03, 2021
Light is Coming
Dec 02, 2021
This Too Shall Pass?
Dec 01, 2021
Our Responsibility
Nov 30, 2021
A Patient God
Nov 29, 2021
Hope
Nov 28, 2021
Peace: A Way of Life
Dec 24, 2020
A Triumphant Love
Dec 23, 2020
America’s Wanting Love: Mercy as Covenant
Dec 22, 2020
Pour Out Your Heart
Dec 21, 2020
God of Love
Dec 20, 2020
Unbridled Joy
Dec 19, 2020
Dance with Joy
Dec 18, 2020
Faithful to all Generations
Dec 17, 2020
Accessibility of Joy
Dec 16, 2020
One Big Family Tree
Dec 15, 2020
Joy in Trust and Security
Dec 14, 2020
Joy to the COVID World
Dec 13, 2020
Peace, be Still
Dec 12, 2020
Thanksgiving in a Time of Chaos
Dec 11, 2020
I am Not Standing Still, I am Lying Wait
Dec 10, 2020
Surprise!
Dec 09, 2020
Wait to Wait
Dec 08, 2020
Seek Peace
Dec 07, 2020
Embrace the Wilderness
Dec 06, 2020
More Questions Than Answers
Dec 05, 2020
Hope is Doing
Dec 04, 2020
Restoring Right Relations with All My Relatives
Dec 03, 2020
Be Present
Dec 02, 2020
Now to Then
Dec 01, 2020
Hope in Joy and Peace
Nov 30, 2020
A Bounty
Nov 29, 2020
Introduction to the devotionals.
Nov 24, 2020
Phillips Seminary's New Advent Devotional
Oct 23, 2020