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Advent
Book Study
“The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, who look forward to something greater to come. For these, it is enough to wait in humble fear until the Holy One himself comes down to us, God in the child in the manger. God comes. The Lord Jesus comes. Christmas comes. Christians rejoice!” —Dietrich Bonhoeffer Bishop Andy Doyle will lead a book study of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Christmas Sermons during Advent this year. The reflections will be podcast and the Bishop encourages questions on each portion of the book during the week preceding his recording. The podcasts will be available at: http://tinyurl.com/8ko4ql6 Beginning the first Sunday in Advent, December 2, 2012, the Bishop will post a podcast with his reflections on the first 40 pages of Christmas Sermons; December 9, pages 41–81; December 16, pages 82–143 and December 23, pages 144–181. Executed by the Nazis for his complicity in a plot to assassinate Hitler, Bonhoeffer was a prolific writer. Christmas Sermons spans his 17 years as a preacher searching out the power and mystery of the Christmas season.
The book is available at your local bookstores or through amazon.com. Send your questions to Bishop Doyle at adoyle@epicenter.org or send him a tweet @texasbishop.