Making Room in Advent
Preparation for the Christmas season can often feel busy and frantic, but it doesn't have to be this way. What if we stopped and listened to the movement and unfolding of God's plan around us? Making Room in Advent is an invitation away from the chaos and into the space where God is at work.
The unfolding of God's plan often happens in unlikely spaces, both in Scripture and in our own lives. Join Bette Dickinson as she moves through the story of Jesus' birth and the stories of the many people that were part of the journey. Each page is filled with an original painting that will fill you with hope and wonder during the Advent season. The twenty-five devotionals offer spiritual practices, breath prayers, and reflection questions that allow you to truly make room for God's work in your life, your community, and the world.
"Indeed, there is no room. No room at the inn. No room in my soul. No room left in our world for God, given how much space is taken up by the traumas of our lives. But be of good cheer. For surely, Bette Dickinson has delivered unto us an offering of such beauty and goodness that we cannot help but allow it as much room as possible. With Making Room in Advent, our artist and guide creates images in color and word that open our eyes and hearts to the new creation that God longs for us to become. If spaciousness for God and the flourishing he promises is what you desire, I cannot think of a better place to start."
"I have long been an admirer of Bette Dickinson's soul-stirring, prophetic art. Her written reflections are equally stunning and evocative as she leads us into a prayerful journey through the birth narratives in Luke's Gospel. Written and painted with profound wisdom and insight, Making Room in Advent is an invitation for us to meditate on art, the Word, and the unfolding narratives of our own lives, individually and in community. There is so much to see and savor here."
"Making Room in Advent is an invitation to engage in that thin space of our souls where our heart and mind become one. Through breath prayers, Scripture engagement, and Bette's transcendent artwork, the reader is engaged with an immersive devotional unlike any other. This is transformational devotional reading because it creates that nexus between left and right brain, between our longing for beauty and for knowledge, and between our desire of being known and knowing our Creator!"
"Bette is a deeply prayerful person with the hands of an artist, the heart of a pastor, and the soul of a prophet. She braids together biblical teaching, spiritual formation, and prophetic painting into experiences that are as beautiful as they are substantial. Now, through Making Room in Advent, Bette's ministry is widely available. What a gift!"