Advent 2021: The Everlasting Light

by She Reads Truth

Our Savior declared Himself to be the Light of the World. But this story of light piercing through the darkness didn’t begin with the birth of a baby boy under a shining star in the city of Bethlehem. From creation to the incarnation to the coming eternal city, Scripture speaks of Jesus’s life-giving presence and light in a dark world.

During this Advent season, we celebrate that the hopes and fears of all the years were answered in Jesus, the everlasting light. This five-week Advent experience features daily Scripture reading that traces this theme throughout the Bible, preparing our hearts to encounter Christmas Day in a fresh way. It is also filled with thoughtful extras designed to help you engage this season as people of light, from daily reflection prompts to recipes, crafts, classic Christmas hymns, and more. Join us for Advent 2021 as we celebrate and contemplate The Everlasting Light.

Genres: Christmas, Christianity, Christian

205 pages, Paperback

Published November 1, 2021

About the author

She Reads Truth is a worldwide community of women who read God's Word together every day. Founded in 2012, She Reads Truth invites women of all ages to engage Scripture through curated daily reading plans, as well as online conversation led by a vibrant community of contributing writers. This community of “Women in the Word of God every day” represents a long list of cities and countries, a variety of backgrounds and traditions, and countless real-life stories. But there is a commonality that binds us: we believe God's Word is Truth. So we read. Every day we read a new passage together—working our way through books of the Bible, topics that matter, and seasons of the Church calendar. We engage with God's Word and with each other. And we keep coming back, on the hard days and the good days, because God and His Word never change, regardless of our circumstances.

Source: https://shereadstruth.com/about/

Reviews

[Christina Erickson · Rating 2 out of 5]

These studies are always so beautiful and I have LOVED doing them with my girls in this season and in past seasons. For some reason this year, the topic of light didn’t hit with me. I was also a little overwhelmed so it maybe wasn’t the right time for my brain to do some extra leg work to go off a concept like this.

This copy has a lot of really cool resources though that I’m excited to reference in the future - lots of scripture references involved, timelines, ect. The recipes looked fantastic too! The podcast this year was really great in conjunction with other the study. That was a big highlight!

[Rachael Stoldt · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wish I had read this in a year where I wasn’t reading so many advent and other reading plans. Next year, I need to keep my advent reading to minimum so I can absorb scripture instead of just consuming without meditating on the scripture.

[Samara · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great study of the imagery of light interwoven through the Bible and tied to the hope and life of Jesus. Love the resources included and the charge to continue living with this hope past the advent season.

[Emma · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think I prefer their studies on books of the Bible more than topical studies. They do a great job with both, it’s just a personal preference.

[Nita · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this study. I didn't do as many of the extras that I did in previous studies but I enjoyed it.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a beautiful Advent book - loved the scripture and journaling/application pages and the end of year reflections for the end. It took me longer than just Advent to finish but was well done.

[Kayla · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love what this group is doing by encouraging women to read the Bible every day, and I enjoyed the compilation of Scriptures and the high quality pages and images. In many ways, I also enjoyed the simplicity of the daily reading that made it more manageable than some Advent studies. On the other hand, some of the questions were a little odd and I wished that they would have perhaps given me Scripture references to read and made this book more of a companion devotional. It doesn't really make sense to me that you have to pay money for the Scriptures and the companion materials are on their app and podcast. But maybe I'm just unused to how She Reads Truth does things. It was nonetheless a beautiful book and I enjoyed celebrating Advent in this meaningful way.

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

There are almost no words to adequately describe how fantastic this Advent study was! This focus was on Light. You got to see how Light is present all through Scripture - how it's used, how God is Light since the beginning of time, Light's ramifications for today, etc. The more I studied, the more I saw Light literally all around me and listened for it in every podcast, every sermon, every song I heard during the Advent season. The book itself is beautiful. The aesthetic makes you want to open it every day because you can't wait to see what they have built in next. Hymns, crafts, recipes - it's a really beautiful book.

[Becca Majszak · Rating 4 out of 5]

Technically majority of this book was read in 2021 haha but I’ll take the count for 2022 books! I enjoyed the activities on Christmas and at the end of the book to reflect and prepare. I overall enjoyed the readings. Some of the questions that followed weren’t super engaging, but most were. I do wish there was a bit more commentary (like how the app studies have had in the past) to help reflect a bit more. Overall, I did enjoy it though.

[Bethany · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really wanted to like this book but unfortunately I was already doing a second advent book so it seemed a little bit too much work! I didn’t make any of the recipes or the crafts but I did enjoy the history inside of it and also the recap at the end which made me give it a four 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 instead of three ⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Amanda Pierson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve loved going through this Advent Devotional reflecting how Jesus is our One True Light of the World. I look forward to the next study book for January that focuses on John!

[Danielle Wood · Rating 5 out of 5]

I always really enjoy the Advent studies by She Reads Truth! I loved the focus on Light this season.

[Courtney Carrico · Rating 5 out of 5]

Every year I look forward to this Advent book by She Reads Truth. Loved each day and the reminder that God is our everlasting light! ✨

[Megan Simpson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful Advent study! I look forward to doing it again next year. I loved the crafts and recipes as well!

[Kimberly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved reading through this leading up to Christmas. It definitely added to my celebration of Christmas and its true meaning!

[Lindsay · Rating 5 out of 5]

Advent 2021

[Debbie Woodard · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good read leading up to and past Advent. Pretty standard with no surprises except it almost made me want to cross stitch.

[Karla Osorno · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rating 4.75 stars.

This advent devotion helped me to pause and reflect on all the scripture that points to Jesus’s as the light of the world. The organization and content inspires. The activities provided are inviting without being burdensome.

She Reads Truth creates beautiful and authentic content that directs your heart and is aesthetically peaceful and life giving. This advent was well paced and I would recommend anything they create.