Ordinary
Blessings for the
Christmas
Season
For so many of us, the season
leading up to Christmas is a
time of overwhelming
expectations, busyness, and
often grief. From gifted poet
and empathetic pastor Meta
Herrick Carlson comes a
beautiful collection of prayers,
poems, and meditations to help
us recognize the holy beneath
the hustle and hibernation of
the holidays. The book includes
blessings for all the ordinary
and not-so-ordinary moments of
the season, like addressing
Christmas cards, setting
boundaries with family,
shoveling snow, and the first
Christmas without a loved one.
Also included are blessings
dedicated to beloved nativity
characters like Mary and the
magi, blessings for each of the
twelve days of Christmas, and a
beautiful collection of
sacred-word-inspired blessings
that readers can use as daily
Advent readings. Let this
beautiful little book be a
reminder that the holy can be
found in the routine and the
ritual of the holiday season.
