You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. Deuteronomy 6:6-9

Christmas brings with it a unique opportunity to set aside what the world says is important (hustle and bustle and rushing from one event to another) and to live out what we believe has true value. And while, the hustle and bustle has its benefits and can most definitely be enjoyed, there is something wonderful about slowing down when the rest of the world is racing around you.

I created the Christmas Advent Calendars to do that very thing. To steady our hearts and bring our focus back to the true meaning of the Christmas season.

The heart behind these calendars can be found in those verses from Deuteronomy; to love the Lord with everything I have, to fill my home and life with that truth and to teach that truth to my children.

It’s so simple. This little Advent journey began 4 years ago when I found myself yearning to teach my little boys about the true meaning of Christmas, while making real memories doing all the fun things that we love doing during this season, like making ornaments and cookies and drinking hot chocolate and watching Christmas movies and dancing around twinkly lights.

So we did. I created this little calendar, 25 days of Scripture and 25 Activity Ideas to bring creativity and inspiration into your Christmas season planning. We don’t do an activity every day and sometimes we do more than one, but it isn’t about a task or accomplishing a goal, but instead about being together and asking God to center our hearts on Him while we celebrate His birth and all that represents… and having so much fun while we do that very thing.

I hope you and your family will find much joy in this sweet calendar as you focus on Jesus this coming Christmas season.

In addition to the Advent Calendar Scripture & Activity Set, this year I added a new product to the Christmas shop, an Advent Print Set! Hooray!! I am obsessed and am certain that you will be too!

The heart behind the Advent Print Set is no different than that of the first calendar, to bring the Truth of Jesus to the center of our lives during the Christmas season.

This gorgeous Advent Print Set includes 25 mini art prints filled with Bible verses and phrases that will point us back to Jesus and the hope that He alone can bring. The set comes with a perfect little acrylic easel, so you can display one print at a time, changing them out every day and reading the scripture as you do.

Photography by the insanely talented Shay Cochrane.