Songs in Waiting: Spiritual Reflections on Christ's Birth »

There remains a constant need for new perspectives on the liturgical church seasons in order to keep them
spiritually fresh and to bring them to life in new ways. This book will enable Christian readers to experience
a new depth in their faith journey as they celebrate the season of Advent.

This is a short book of spiritual meditations for the Advent season on the four "Middle Eastern" songs sung around the birth of Jesus: canticles that play an important role in the liturgical worship of the church over the centuries. These canticles include: the Song of Mary (Magnificat), Song of Zechariah (Benedictus), Song of the Angels (Gloria), and Song of Simeon (Nunc Dimittis). The devotions emphasize the Middle Eastern cultural elements of these songs.

From the Introduction:
"These ancient Middle Eastern Advent songs remind us that regardless of our life situations, regardless of what we are experiencing now or what we'll face in the future, God always desires to overwhelm us with divine faithfulness, surprising us when we expect it least and yet need God most."