We are so grateful to our amazing partner for the Advent series, the Christian Standard Bible or the CSB.

First of all, it's a faithful readable translation, which I think is really important and there are so many options available when it comes to things like the look and feel the cover or whether you want hard back or soft back and

the extra features that are included.

If we've been friends for a while, you know this about me, but I'm a journalist, a note taker, and I am not shy about writing in my Bible.

I love to look back at dates and notes on why a passage was meaningful or profound things that I hear a pastor share about the verse.

If that's you too, the Hosanna Revival note-taking Bible is the one for you.

Instead of having two columns of text, there's just one and then a column of lines for your notes.

It's clean and beautifully designed. It has this type of binding that helps it lay flat so you can add your notes to both sides without it closing on you.

I just love how it gives you space to chronicle your relationship with the Lord and your thoughts about his word on one place.

Pop over to lifeway.com slash CSB to browse all of the CSB Bibles and use the code T.S.F to save an extra $10 off any order over $40.

Y'all these Bibles are already priced for Christmas sale, so that's an additional $10 off the already discounted prices.

Again, that's lifeway.com slash CSB and use the code T.S.F like that sounds fun for $10 off any order over $40.

Hi friends, welcome to a very special episode of That Sounds Fun.

We are wrapping up the first of four weeks in our Advent series. I'm your host, Annie F. Downs. I'm really happy to be here with you today.

This Advent series is a chance for us to walk through the season of Advent together, something I've always wanted to do.

Focusing on the gifts of hope, peace, love, and joy each represented by an Advent candle that we light as we celebrate together.

If you didn't listen to the introduction episode from Sunday, I would definitely encourage you to go do that.

And listen to the first couple of days on this week focused on hope if you miss them. They're only about 10 minutes long each, so they won't be hard to catch up on.

Traditionally, Advent begins four Sundays before Christmas and marks the time that the church slows down to intentionally look forward to the coming of Jesus.

Yes, looking forward to celebrating when he came to Earth a little over 2000 years ago on that first Christmas.

And also looking forward to his promised return. And as we wait, there are gifts for us to discover.

So each week of Advent, we will release brief daily devotionals Monday through Friday.

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