I'm so excited to announce the book I'll be discussing here this Advent season! Let me tell you a little about it.
Northwestern Publishing House very recently released their new movie, My Son My Saviour out in time for this Christmas season. Along with this release are accompanying tools for further study - devotionals, Advent by Candlelight program, small group study, etc. They've also just published a book, The Mom God Chose written by fellow pastor's wife (and Canadian:) Sarah Habben. The website has the following synopsis:
Discover more about the mother of Jesus and learn timeless truths for raising your own children in the book The Mom God Chose. Throughout the book, you'll be reminded to rely on your heavenly Father in all the trials you face as a mom. After all, motherhood is a blessing from God! In addition to 24 compelling lessons, the book includes interviews of present-day moms and study questions.
I'll be starting the discussion December 1st with an earlier post on the introduction. You can purchase the book here. If you live by me, you can purchase a book from my church and save yourself the trouble. But I ordered limited quantities so let me know ASAP.
I'm very excited for this seasonal book that's sure to have impact beyond Christmas. Sarah's a gifted writer and the content is solidly Scriptural. The interviews she included of present-day moms will have you weeping in your chair! Or maybe it's just me.
Please join me as we study Mary, the mom God chose. God also chose each of us as the moms of our kids. It may seem sometimes that we're not cut out for this role (and that maybe our kids were switched at birth) but God is equipping us for the task!! And through our mothering, we are serving and glorifying Him!
One more thing - watch the movie if you can. Your WELS church should have a stack by now if they've been paying any attention to the mail, WELS Connection, or checking their email. You can also order a copy yourself.
Joining the book club? Feel free to leave a comment letting me know with as much or as little info as you feel comfortable. I pray this study will be a blessing to you, sisters!
12 comments:
Thank you, Rachel! I would love to participate and I just ordered the book today! Can't wait!
Welcome, Paula! Glad you will be joining us:)
Hi Rachel~ I just ordered my book! Looking so forward to reading it along with your book club. :) Prayers that all is well with your family and your homeschool! God's Blessings, Wendi :)
I was just thinking about you, Wendi! I'm thrilled you'll be reading along here for the book club. Praying that all is going well with you too:)
Rachel,
Thanks for posting this! I do have the book and would love to spend the time in Advent with you.
Welcome, Jenny! How wonderful to meet up with you here:)
I'd like to join!
Happy to have you following along, Gina! Praying it's a blessing to you:)
Is there a specific link I need to follow in order to get the emails?
There are no emails - it's all on this blog. The post following this one gets into more details. Then there are posts every day following along with the book. So the homepage today shows Day 4 - the 4th chapter. You can see the links to them now on the right side of the screen. So all you need is the book and the blog:)
More specifically - look to the right under "blog archive". November has a post titled Book Club Sundries and December has the individual posts of chapters.
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