Living Compass produces a book of daily meditations for Advent- “Living Well through Advent which begins Dec. 3
https://shop.livingcompass.org/collections/advent-and-lent-resources The printed copy is $1 and the download is free. (We have purchased 20 copies.)
The Living Compass Model for Well-Being offers us guidance in four dimensions of our being: heart, soul, strength, and mind and focus on how they are interconnected. The goal is wellness and wholeness
The theme this year is “Practicing Wonder as we move toward Christmas.” Each week has an example of it demonstrated by the lives of the author
Week 1 is the connection between wonder and love. Through time and space, adversity and divide, love remains. Love is a constant. Like love, wonder opens the heart and touches our soul.
Week 2 is the connection between wonder and stories. Stories so often help us remember the One whose love we are preparing to celebrate, and those who have taught us so much about wonder and love through the years. Think of the diverse family members in your family
Week 3 explores the connection between wonder and thin places, be they physical, spiritual, emotional, or relational. . A thin place is a location where the distance between God and Heaven and the Earth is thin. It is a place where deep transformation can happen as we strengthen our personal connection to God.
Week 4 is the wonder of God as made manifest in Mary’s faith and courage described in Luke, the birth of Jesus, and the reverent response of the shepherd