God of the Trough

About this book

Essential Advent reading and reflection, offering a fresh voice for the Season. Daily selections of poems from Robert Allen Nelson, joined with the time-honored and familiar, nudging us, with unstinting candor, toward brief daily discoveries, throughout Advent. A daily, approachable companion, walking along beside on the road to Christmas. In a crazy-busy Season, we're offered brief bite-sized insights at an unhurried pace. Steve Boilard, Ph.D., author of Sundial in the Shade, summarized the collection this way: "What a wonderful project! It's captivating and thoughtful and joyous and mysterious. It really captures Christmas for me. This book will make a perfect companion for Advent."I especially like how each day (has) a poem, plus one or two other pieces . . . I can imagine each morning taking in those gifts . . . on the page, like opening an Advent calendar, and having the thoughts and insights turn over in my head throughout the day. I love the range of poems, and how . . . they fall in the course of Advent."