105. Advent Calendar Pt. 1: READ

<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>This is a story about your five senses.</strong> Each week in December we'll be counting down a new way to celebrate the season. Simple, ordinary, and totally do-able. We hope this Out of the Ordinary advent countdown calendar brings you practical ideas and real joy right in the middle of your ordinary, extraordinary Christmas season too. </span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Follow us on Instagram to get a peek into our family's Christmas traditions too.</span></p> <p class="p3"><span class="s2"><a href= "https://www.instagram.com/christiepurifoy/">Follow Christie here</a></span></p> <p class="p3"><span class="s2"><a href= "https://instagram.com/lisajobaker">Follow Lisa-Jo here</a></span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p4"><span class="s1"><strong>Links from this week's episode:</strong></span></p> <p class="p3"><span class="s3">Luci Shaw’s “Christmas Stars” from <a href="https://amzn.to/3fYdrgl"><span class= "s4"><em>Accompanied by Angels: Poems of the Incarnation</em></span></a></span></p> <p class="p3"><span class="s3"> Walter Wangerin’s <a href="https://amzn.to/2JhvjHu"><span class= "s4"><em>Preparing For Jesus: Meditations on the Coming of Christ, Advent, Christmas, and the Kingdom</em></span></a></span></p> <p class="p3"><span class="s3"> Gayle Boss, <a href= "https://amzn.to/2JC4mO9"><span class="s4"><em>All Creation Waits: The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings</em></span></a><em> </em></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s4"><a href= "http://outoftheordinarypodcast.com/ps">Click here</a></span><span class="s1"> to get (or gift!) a subscription to Paper&String</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s4"><a href= "https://www.blackbarnonline.com/">Click here</a></span><span class="s1"> to join the conversations we have with listeners every week around podcast.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">_______</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Sponsor appreciation: In these uncertain times we're so grateful to partner with show sponsors that keep making