Sometimes I feel just like a little girl who is sitting under the Christmas tree, excited in her little rushing heart about the presents she anticipates. But the anticipation for me is the arrival of one of my children. I get so excited when they are about to come home. So it was on Friday. Joel was driving with a friend over 8 hours through slushy snow and ice, and stopped in traffic. Yet, when the doorbell rang late in the afternoon, just after sun down, I had my gift right there, waiting at the door.
Funny how somewhere along the way, my children ceased to be so much my children and now are my dearest, trusted friend. They are the ones I want to talk to, ask advice from, celebrate life with. Joel has always been a special partner in life. His “always willing to help and give” heart, melt this mama.
As a composer, writer, photographer, musician, artist, I was surprised when Joel told me he wanted to publisher a book. Show me one of your chapters, I said, a little distracted. But when I read his words, the worlds he described set my heart on fire with delight and engagement I the beauty of his words. Nav Press saw life and possibility in his words and are suggested that they would be willing to do an event for us to share some of his book, some of our home advent traditions, music, food and our family.
I hope many of you will be able to join us next Tuesday, December 15th, for a live event. It will be night here but day time for you. All you have to do is register. There will be giveaways and lots of fun and it is free. And for those of you wanting the recipe for my Shepherd’s Meal Soup, you will receive a copy of the recipe and hear all about it.
Below is his book and ways you can be involved with us in the evening as well as helping get the book into the world. At a time when we are all exhausted and drained, many find themselves longing for a more personal, live walk with God. This book will fill your heart and inspire you as you see God though all the moments of your life.
About SENSING GOD
Sensing God is a discovery of Jesus in all of the sensory points embedded into each of us. It shows how the holiest acts in our daily lives are often the simplest: reveling in the beauty of nature; listening to our favorite music; eating a nourishing meal with family. These are potentially heartbeats of a living faith, and when we learn to recognize and respond to God's goodness in them, it draws us into redemptive participation with Him, the source of all beauty.
Joel Clarkson shares personal stories and paints vivid imagery so that we, too, can taste and see (and hear and touch and smell) that the Lord is good. In our exploration, we meet Jesus, who invites us to enjoy his presence and proclaim his visible, tangible, and touchable gospel. We physically experience the glory of our Creator and at the same time, we make that encounter a testimony to a broken world that is desperate for restoration. We are encouraged to get the good dirt of God's holy world under our nails.
Together, we will come into contact with the God who reaches out to us with His eternal truth through the goodness of beauty. Will you join the journey? Come and learn how to truly worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
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