Advent for Exiles

Advent for Exiles, by Caroline Cobb

4/60 | Started 12.01.25 • Finished 01.20.26 | 5 stars

This first-time offering from Caroline Cobb for advent really hit the spot for me. So much so that when Christmas came and I was behind, I just kept reading until I was done rather than putting it off to try again next year. Cobb focuses on our unnatural separation from God as a result of the fall, and how that exile is partially redeemed through the coming of the Son at the first advent - ultimately at his second. I appreciate her knowledge of the meta-narrative of scripture, and how it's all pointing forward to the hope of the gospel. She approached the topic of exile with compassion and even with a sense of urgency, both for the gospel to bring hope and for the Lord to come again! Each reading was accompanied by lyrics from one of her songs, some scripture to read, and followed up with some kind of application or exercise. Readings were not over-extended and I found each day's entry to be fresh, though all are connected by the theme of exile.