Welcome to Verity Podcast. I'm your host, Felicia Mason-Himer, and I am here to

teach you how to know what you believe, to live it boldly, and to communicate it

graciously to the world around you. I believe that women are ready to go deeper in

their faith than ever before, and they don't have to go to seminary to do it. I am

so glad you're here, and I hope you'll join me on this journey because every

one of them is a theologian. Well friends, I don't know about you, but I don't

love thinking about Christmas before Thanksgiving has even happened, but I'm being

forced into this position for two big reasons. The first is we have two feet of snow

outside, and even for northern Michigan, that is a lot for November. The last time my

dad remembers this happening was in 2009, and we usually get a dusting a couple of

inches that melt off, but it has been snowing nonstop for this whole week essentially,

and I know it's not just us in northern Michigan. I'm pretty sure all of Michigan and New York

got hit pretty hard too. So hopefully you're staying safe out there. It sure is beautiful,

and we are enjoying it, but it puts me in the Christmas mood. And so this episode is all about

my favorite Christmas Advent devotionals and Christmas books for kids, because I know that you're

going to be placing orders most likely during Black Friday, and I want you to have this episode

before that happens, because I'm an enabler, and I want you to buy all the books. The second

reason though that I'm doing this episode is I've gotten a lot of questions lately on Ask Anything

Monday on my Instagram, and I've seen questions in the Every Woman a Theologian Facebook group

where people are asking about Advent devotionals and books, and so I want to toss out a few

that I have really liked and enjoyed, and hopefully they are helpful to you. So first things first,

I'm going to begin with the adult Advent devotionals, and then I will move to the children's

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