Description: This thoughtful book is arranged for daily reading in the hectic run-up to Christmas. Using examples of biblical characters with whom the candles on the Advent wreath are traditionally associated, the author explains very different kinds of waiting.
Brief description: Paula Gooder is Canon Theologian of Birmingham Cathedral, a visiting lecturer at King's College, and travels throughout North America and Europe leading workshops and inspiring Christians to deepen and express their faith in new ways.
Review Quotes: "In this winsome yet provocative Advent devotional . . . I began to sense something I had not understood before, in any of my other Advent observances--it is not just we who wait. God is waiting, too. 'The Lord waits, that He may be gracious unto you, ' says Isaiah, one of the prophets who interests Paula Gooder most. God waits on us, for our attention, for our visits home; God waits for our vision and our ear." --Lauren F. Winner, from the Foreword