As Thanksgiving approaches, it's easy to get caught up in planning meals, baking cookies, and coordinating holiday events. But how are we preparing our hearts for the Advent season? In this episode, I sit down with Jen Ludwig to explore practical and meaningful ways to embrace Advent with intention and joy. This is the perfect time to start preparing your heart for Christmas!
We Discuss:
The ONE thing we can do to embrace this season more fully.
The role of hope.
Strategies for celebrating the holidays.
A genius gift idea!
Practical ideas to reduce holiday stress.
Mentioned on the show:
Special thanks to Sandy Cooper for her Holiday To-Don’t List.
More about Jen:
Jen Ludwig is a Jesus-follower, worship leader, and songwriter. After attending Pepperdine University and finishing her graduate studies at UCLA, she settled in Southern California, where she currently resides with her husband. They are recent empty-nesters, daily discovering what God has in store for them in this new season. Her devotional book, Embracing Advent, encourages individuals to focus on the hope, peace, joy, and love that Jesus offers at Christmas, and every day of the year.
Connect with Jen:
Website: www.jenludwig.com
Instagram: @jenludwigwrites
Facebook: @jenludwigwrites
Substack: www.jenludwig.substack.com
Book Rec’s
• Honest Advent: Awakening to the Wonder of God-with-Us Then, Here, and Now by Scott Erickson
• All Is Bright: A Devotional Journey to Color Your Way to Christmas by Nancy Guthrie
• Shadow and Light: A Journey into Advent by Tsh Oxenreider
• NLT One Year Chronological Study Bible
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