239 Journey Through Advent with John Wesley\'s Means of Grace.
She loves spending time with her two teenage children, her husband and their Bernedoodle, Gryffin in their sweet little community of Lilburn, Georgia..
She has authored a book on trust called Trust by Design: The Beautiful Behaviors of an Effective Church Culture .
She is an ordained Deacon of the North Georgia Annual Conference and a graduate from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary.
She has held executive roles at The Connectional Table and Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church.
Amy Valdez Barker currently serves as the Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Education and Mission Innovation at Candler School of Theology in Emory University.
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Amy Valdez Barker (Author) Rev.
Warner (Author) Laceye Warner is Executive Vice Dean, Associate Professor of the Practice of Evangelism and Methodist Studies, and Royce and Jane Reynolds Teaching Fellow at Duke Divinity School, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
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A DVD with weekly video segments and a comprehensive Leader Guide with small-group discussion questions are available separately to create a four-week study for Advent.
In this season of Advent as we await the birth of the Christ child remember and know God\'s goodness and love for us.
Readers will look at preparing the way for God, the impact and significance of prayer, the substance of good works and caring for others, and sharing God\'s mission to the world.
Each chapter guides participants through one of the four weeks of Advent by reflecting on biblical passages in light of an aspect of Wesleyan means of grace highlighted by illustrations and stories.
Such practices are often referred to as means of grace.
John Wesley\'s emphasis upon practices of piety and mercy--or good works--drew from the larger Christian tradition.
In All the Good: A Wesleyan Way of Christmas , a group of diverse Wesleyan scholars will take you on an Advent journey guided by the practices in John Wesley\'s means of grace.
The season of Advent offers time and space for Christians to prepare for the coming of Jesus Christ at Christmas through reflecting on the story of salvation. 239 Journey Through Advent with John Wesley\'s Means of Grace
