How Christ Meets Us in the Ordinary: Advent and Beyond | Sylvie Vanhoozer

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🗓️ 11 December 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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What if Jesus isn't found in big, dramatic moments—but in the quiet, ordinary places you tend to overlook? In this episode, botanical artist and author Sylvie Vanhoozer shares how Advent time can reshape the way we see God in our everyday lives. Through simple practices of paying attention, noticing beauty, and welcoming Christ right where we are, Sylvie invites us into a slower, more intentional season that opens our hearts to Jesus: during Christmas and far beyond. Explore more with S...

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0:00.0	Advent is really the art of joyfully watching and waiting for Christ to come first at Christmas
0:06.0	and then always in all seasons of our life. So Advent is not just as we often think about remembering the past,
0:14.0	although that's important, it's very much about the present, not missing those daily Advent moments when Christ comes to us. He is always already there.
0:30.1	At the Coffee and Bible Time podcast, our goal is to help you delight in God's Word and thrive in
0:36.5	Christian living. Each week, we talk to
0:39.1	subject matter experts who broaden your biblical understanding, encourage you in hard times,
0:44.9	and provide life-building tips to enhance your Christian walk. We are so glad you have joined us.
0:54.3	Welcome back to the Coffee and Bible Time podcast. I'm Ellen, your host, and I am so glad that
0:59.9	you are with us today. The weeks leading up to Christmas, what Christians throughout history
1:06.0	have called Advent, invite us into a rhythm that feels almost countercultural, learning to wait, to watch,
1:14.2	and look for Jesus with joy, not only as we remember his birth, but as we walk with him
1:19.8	throughout the year and anticipate his coming again. Today, I'm joined by someone who helps
1:26.0	us pay attention to God in beautifully creative ways.
1:30.9	Sylvie Van Hooser, an author and botanical artist, brings together art, nature, and faith in a way that not only shapes her work, but also her way of life.
1:42.5	And she's here to share how we too can practice the art of living
1:47.7	in Advent and far beyond it. Sylvie, welcome to the Coffee and Bible Time podcast. Thank you for
1:54.3	having me. Well, Sylvie, you grew up in Providence, a place that shows up vividly in your writing and art. How did your upbringing
2:05.4	and the landscape itself, shape your faith in spiritual imagination? The beauty of the landscape
2:13.3	in God's grace bore witness to the fact that there had to be more, a creator God out there.
2:20.1	You know, the heavens declared the beauty of the Lord and so on.
2:23.5	And so that created another level of longing.
2:27.5	There had to be more, but where was that more?
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