This week on the show, we talked about how to make your Christmas more meaningful and spiritually enriching. Are you tired of the hustle and bustle of the holiday season and looking for a deeper experience? Join Stacy McLaren and John Beeson from New Life Bible Fellowship as they explore practical ways to savor the Christmas season, from intentional planning and Advent devotionals to creating meaningful traditions and charitable acts. Discover how to set your expectations on a spiritual encounter with Christ and embrace the true essence of Christmas. Thanks for listening, and may you have a blessed and merry Christmas! 

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Shadow & Light by Tsh Oxenreider: https://bit.ly/4idtneF 
First Light and Eventide by Tsh Oxenreider: https://bit.ly/3Zl1MQ7  
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel: A Liturgy for Daily Worship from Advent to Epiphany by Jonathan Gibson: https://bit.ly/49jNfsg 
Advent for Exiles by Caroline Cobb: https://bit.ly/4g37I7y 
Lectio365 App:  
For Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lectio-365/id148397482 
For Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.prayer247.lectio365&hl=en_US&pli=1 

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Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World’s Largest Religion by Rebecca McLaughlin - https://amzn.to/3AJGMdl 

Jesus Through the Eyes of Women: how the First Female Disciples Help Us Know and Love the Lord by Rebecca McLaughlin - https://amzn.to/3VhrcNp 

Neither Complementarian nor Egalitarian: A Kingdom Corrective to the Evangelical Gender Debate by Michelle Lee-Barnwell - https://amzn.to/4eCWCo2 

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Uncommon Ground by Tim Keller and John Inazu: https://amzn.to/4eLA3yv

AllSides News – Balanced News and Media Bias Ratings: https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news

Liturgy of Politics: Spiritual Formation for the Sake of Our Neighbor by Kaitlyn Schiess: https://amzn.to/48cS5r2

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Christians in Science and Technology: https://bit.ly/4duWOpH

“The Air We Breathe: How We All Came to Believe in Freedom, Kindness, Progress, and Equality” by Glen Scrivner: https://amzn.to/3AEzpDT 

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The American Church Can’t Fix Loneliness article: https://bit.ly/3yKyXDr 

America Has a Loneliness Epidemic (NPR Report): https://n.pr/472OYB8 

Johns Hopkins Social Isolation Report: https://bit.ly/4cJLuoy 

Pew Report on Religious People and Happiness: https://pewrsr.ch/4dYKMVl 

“The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness” by Jonathan Haidt: https://amzn.to/3Mmb0p1

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