Twenty-five meditations paired with original woodcuts reflect on how wild animals adapt when darkness and cold descend. We hear as if for the first time the ancient wisdom of Advent: The dark is not an end but the way a new beginning comes.

"The struggles and joys of Mary, Elizabeth, and Anna should connect with what most readers experience at Christmas and perhaps, every day"-- "Three very wise women lie at the heart of the First Christmas events: Mary (Jesus' blessed mother), Elizabeth (mother of John the Baptist), and Anna the Prophetess (who waited her whole adult life in the temple, expecting to see the Messiah). In this devotional, covering Advent to Epiphany, each daily devotional...