The Holy in the Night: Finding Freedom in a Season of Waiting

Shannon W Dycus

ISBN 10: 151381320X / ISBN 13: 9781513813202

Published by Herald Press (VA), 2023

About this Item

Listen for the voice of God. If you approach this Advent season waiting for something--in your life, in your family or community, or in a fractured world--you are not alone. This season reminds us that our waiting is not wasted. Even in our longest nights, divine work endures. What if we were free enough to do the same? ​ Drawing on lectionary scripture readings from the Old and New Testaments and the voices of Black and Brown modern-day prophets, author Shannon Dycus offers reflections for each day of the season. Her meditations stretch open possibilities for faithfulness during silence, ambivalence, doubt, and unknowing. This Advent, accept the invitation to witness and know the presence of God amid waiting. Give voice to freedom, grace, struggle, and beauty--to see again the ways that God emerges in this inward season.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Holy in the Night: Finding Freedom in a Season of Waiting
• Publisher: Herald Press (VA)
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 151381320X
• ISBN 13: 9781513813202
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Listen for the voice of God.
 
If you approach this Advent season waiting for something—in your life, in your family or community, or in a fractured world—you are not alone. This season reminds us that our waiting is not wasted. Even in our longest nights, divine work endures. What if we were free enough to do the same?
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Drawing on lectionary scripture readings from the Old and New Testaments and the voices of Black and Brown modern-day prophets, author Shannon Dycus offers reflections for each day of the season. Her meditations stretch open possibilities for faithfulness during silence, ambivalence, doubt, and unknowing. This Advent, accept the invitation to witness and know the presence of God amid waiting. Give voice to freedom, grace, struggle, and beauty—to see again the ways that God emerges in this inward season.
 

About the Author

Shannon W. Dycus is co-pastor at First Mennonite Church in Indianapolis, Indiana, where she leads missional and faith formation ministries. She is active in Faith in Action, a national, faith-based organizing effort, holds multiple leadership positions with Mennonite Church USA, and her articles have appeared in The Mennonite and Leader. She has taught middle and high school, holds a degree in secondary education from Butler University, and a master of divinity from Christian Theological Seminary. Shannon and her husband, Gregory, have two elementary-aged sons.