Expectant

"Anne Kitch hears the still small voice beneath the roar of everyday life. In Expectant, a quiet, poetic, meditative, and accessible book, she tells you what she has heard, and shows you, by example, how to listen." ––Sean Rowe, eighth bishop of the Diocese of Northwest Pennsylvania "These small bite-size nuggets of spiritual wisdom allow us to comprehend what the mature life of faith lived out over a lifetime has to offer us. Aptly written for the frenetic time restraints of the Advent season, this book provides a simple way for busy Christians to stay focused on the spiritual dimensions of the four weeks before Christmas." ––Sylvia Sweeney, dean and president of Bloy House, The Episcopal School at Claremont "Like Anne Kitch, I love Advent and I love the psalms. Walking with her and the psalmist in this season of holy expectation offers us a luminous, numinous experience as we wait in vigilant hope for the coming of Jesus." ––Peter M. Wallace, producer and host of "Day1" and author of Getting to Know Jesus (Again): Meditations for Lent "Weeks that begin with a Sunday prayer from the communal liturgies of the faithful, a daily verse from the intensely intimate utterances of the biblical psalmist, and the homely experiences of common life: From these, Anne Kitch crafts an Advent calendar to enlighten predawn darkness, carry through the day, and ponder well into the winter night." ––Sam Portaro, former Episcopal Chaplain to the University of Chicago and Director of Brent House, author of Sense and Sensibility: A Lenten Exploration "This wonderful book of meditations can be a great resource for preparing our hearts and minds as we await the coming of the Christ child during the season of Advent. Each daily meditation, drawn from the author's personal experience of waiting and expectation, invites us to pay attention to our own encounters with the living Lord." ––Phoebe A. Roaf, fourth bishop of the Diocese of West Tennessee