With all the political divisions and election news this year, it can feel like we’ve come to the end of ourselves. We’re waiting—impossibly waiting—for our world to become less divided, less dehumanizing, less dark. I’ve discovered that Advent, with its focus on waiting with hope in the dark, is exactly the season for me to come to the end of myself, to come before God with my desperate need for God to do impossible things.

A few years ago, I published a book that walks through this season of waiting with patience and eager expectation. This devotional, for individuals or groups, has daily Bible readings that will move through the birth stories about Jesus over the course of the month of December. I’ve also created a free resource with discussion and reflection questions as a companion to the devotional.

Perhaps you’ll join me in walking through Advent this year; it begins on December 1. More info here.