PDF The Advent Coloring Calendar A Coloring Book to Bless and DeStress Through the Season Paraclete Press 9781612617657 Books

Product details Calendar 64 pages Publisher Paraclete Press; Clr Csm edition (October 1, 2015) Language English ISBN-10 1612617654

The Advent Coloring Calendar A Coloring Book to Bless and DeStress Through the Season Paraclete Press 9781612617657 Books Reviews

• Loved it! A wonderful gift who knows exactly what Advent is all about.
• Was really hoping for more. Essentially it's just numbers (days) with some design around them and one verse for each day. I was thinking that maybe there would be more than just one verse per day and more about the advent. The numbers representing each day, really take away from the design on each coloring page. It is also a smaller coloring book. I might send mine back.
• Great coloring opportunity. Very pleasant to color by candlelight during this season
• A very creative and relaxing bible study
• Very pretty designs, but disappointed it is only the number of that day on a design. Was hoping for something more Christmasy.
• Not impressed. Who wants to color a number with doodles around it? I ordered three different ones in the series, and may send all three back. I thought at least the art would have something to do with the scripture for the day. Not.
• If reading one more thing feels like too much in Advent, here is another option. The Advent Coloring Calendar features coloring pages for the 24 days of Advent, each with a brief word of seasonally appropriate scripture, as well as images for Christmas Day and several more that incorporate familiar carol verses. The book is available for single purchase but also comes packaged with two different recordings Keeping Christmas Beloved Carols and the Christmas Story (which includes scripture readings and features a traditional choir with organ) or The Coming of Christ Gregorian Chant (less my cup of tea, but helpful for being less likely to cause me to get lost in singing along).
  
  If you are a longtime devotee of Praying in Color, you’ll appreciate the quote from Sybil Macbeth, reminding us that coloring causes the “mind and the body to slow down.” Or maybe you are new to the idea of adult coloring books, which you will find for sale this year everywhere from Barnes & Noble to Urban Outfitters. While I always encouraged my children to color outside the lines, I find coloring inside them to be pleasing, relaxing, even comforting. Think of coloring as a mini-Advent retreat in a season when we are far too likely to be goal-oriented, whether it’s finding that iWatch or writing that sermon.
  
  I received a copy of the book and both CDs from Paraclete Press in exchange for an honest review.
• I love the simplicity of these designs and the brief meditative words. As a busy mom this is perfect for me. I can complete the page each day because it is simple and meditate on the verse or prayer and carry it with be through the day. This would also be great to use as a family...put the book out on the kitchen table with pencils or markers and everyone can color some of the design for the day and count down to Christmas. I think that is what I will do.