Advent 2011 Call Him God's Son Student: An Advent Study Based on the Revised Common Lectionary (SFTCS)

Call Him God€™s Son examines the Revised Common Lectionary Bible readings for Advent and Christmas. Let these readings inspire you to deepen your commitment to Jesus Christ as you reflect upon his birth and his coming again. In this study, Alex Joyner guides you through the creative tension of living in a world caught between what is and what is promised to be. Examine the healing capacity of hope that sustains you in times of trouble, and consider how incarnation in its divine and human forms takes shape in your life. An easy-to-use five-session leader€™s guide written by Nan Duerling is available for use in Sunday school classes or other small groups.

Alex Joyner is author of Restless Hearts: Where Do I Go Now, God? (Abingdon Press), a curriculum on vocation for young adults.  He is also the author of What’s in the Bible About Us? and What’s in the Bible About the Holy Spirit? (Abingdon Press).  He is a published poet, photographer, and essayist on the online magazine Catapult. 

 

Joyner is pastor of Franktown United Methodist Church on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.  He has served as campus minister at the University of Virginia and in appointments in Virginia, Texas, and England.  A regular writer for the FaithLink adult curriculum, Joyner began his career as a news director for a radio station.  He teaches theology and church history as a summer faculty member at Perkins School of Theology in Dallas, Texas.