I really wanted to love this book, but ended up with mixed feelings. I love the idea of daily scripture readings and reflections during Advent. I liked the alternate scripture readings and the daily selections from the psalms more than the authors daily reflection/reading about the meaning of advent, which became repetitive. I would have preferred a reflection on the daily scriptural readings.

I was also disappointed by the choices of The New Revised Standard Version "which is fairly easy to read while remaining faithful to the original meaning" and the New Living Translation for the Gospel Readings "because it's easy to understand". These particular translations felt very much like "dumbing down" the scripture. I think that next year I will use this book as a reference for suggested daily readings during Advent, but read them from a more traditional source.

While it obviously would have made a more expensive book, I would have liked the daily artwork to be included in the book rather than having to go online each day to see it.