Welcome to Friday Favorites. This week, we continue to explore posts, podcasts, and videos that enrich us in this season of Advent. We end with a beautiful prayer for writers that will help our creative work. Enjoy and be blessed!

As always, if you have suggestions for Friday Favorites, let me know in the Contemplative Writers Facebook group, comment on today’s post on my Facebook page, or follow me on Twitter (@LisaKDeam) to nominate your favorite articles, blog posts, and books by Thursday at noon each week.

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Bringing Down the Wonder via Tammy Perlmutter  (keeping Advent when our hearts are heavy with waiting)

Preparations in the Dark via Lisa Colon DeLay (in this podcast, Lisa reflects on Advent practices and preparations and shares three rich poems)

The God That Is Coming via Kelly Brown Douglas (an Advent video reflection on how God is always moving toward us)

When You’re Not Feeling Very Adventy via Michelle DeRusha (how do we celebrate the Advent when we’re just not feeling . . . Adventy?)

An Advent of Falling Apart via Lisa Deam (this is a post I wrote last year about the darkness that sometimes comes upon us during this season)

A Writer’s Prayer via Nicky Gant (a prayer for our creative work)

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