{"id":7549,"date":"2017-11-29T07:03:40","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T12:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=7549"},"modified":"2021-02-12T08:44:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T13:44:27","slug":"book-the-advent-of-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=7549","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: The Advent of Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7550\" src=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Advent.jpg\" alt=\"Advent\" width=\"313\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Advent.jpg 313w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Advent-188x300.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/>Source: Peregrini Press<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/a.co\/6yynGXW\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/a.co\/6yynGXW\" rel=\"noopener\">The Advent of Relationship<\/a>, by T.J. MacLeslie. Peregrini Press, 2017. 66 pages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave you ever been alienated from a loved one? Have you ever been estranged from a friend? Have you experienced separation where you desire connection, distance where you want closeness?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have. I have experienced geographic distance, as I have lived across the sea from my family and friends. But I have also known what it is to be physically close but a million miles away in the heart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRelationship is the root and trunk of the universe. God designed and created us for life with him. We are hard-wired for relationship. But we messed up. Both corporately and individually we have made mistakes (some of them willful) that have broken our relationship with the Community that is our Trinitarian God.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In what areas of your life are you aware of God\u2019s nearness?<\/li>\n<li>How might you cultivate broader and deeper awareness of him?<\/li>\n<li>As you approach Advent, is there anyone with whom you need to seek reconciliation?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>T.J. MacLeslie is the author of several books we\u2019ve highlighted here before. This one is a devotional which includes only glancing references to cross-cultural ministry. I think, however, you\u2019ll appreciate its portrayal of many of the dynamics of walking with the God who took on flesh&#8230; and living out our faith in relationships.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/a.co\/6yynGXW\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/a.co\/6yynGXW\" rel=\"noopener\">Purchase The Advent of Relationship<\/a> from Amazon for US$5.99 (paperback) or US$2.99 (Kindle) to read and meditate on alone or with others during the Advent season.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb For something a little lighter to do with your kids, download <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wycliffe.org\/resources\/kids\/12days\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.wycliffe.org\/resources\/kids\/12days\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate &amp; Mack\u2019s 12 Days of Christmas<\/a> and learn how 12 different countries celebrate (Wycliffe Bible Translators). It\u2019s free but requires registration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Peregrini Press The Advent of Relationship, by T.J. MacLeslie. Peregrini Press, 2017. 66 pages. \u201cHave you ever been alienated from a loved one? Have you ever been estranged from a friend? Have you experienced separation where you desire connection, distance where you want closeness? \u201cI have. I have experienced geographic distance, as I have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=7549\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BOOK: The Advent of Relationship<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7549"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9910,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7549\/revisions\/9910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}