What do you do with your time? Spend, waste, lose, need more? Priorities and time are frequent topics in heartfelt discussions! The result is that we are often trying to fit our spiritual lives into our daily routines rather than the other way around. How’s it working for you? A walk through the Christian Year gives us a Holy Spirit perspective on the sacred nature of time. The Christian life is about burrowing deeper and deeper into our faith. Advent to Ashes Volume 1 can help!
With a seasonally chosen passage for each day between Advent and Ash Wednesday, a thoughtful perceptive commentary on the Scripture, a QR code to a vocal or choral piece of music appropriate for the day, and a concluding prayer from a past saint or a current “sinner” provides the primary purpose of this book, to have a daily encounter with the Lord and to hear his voice.
May these daily devotionals enable us to have a greater awareness of the sacred nature of our walk with Jesus as he lives in and through us during our days on this earth until we see him face to-face. Advent to Ashes is the first of four volumes that will cover the entire Christian Year.
Dr. Daniel Sharp has served as Minister of Music and Worship in Lexington, MA; Newport Beach, CA; Seattle, WA; San Diego, CA; and most recently in Orlando, FL. He is semi-retired after forty-two years in church ministry. He continues to sing with the Bach Festival Choir in Orlando.
He holds the B.M.E. from Wheaton College, the M.M.E. from Drake University and a D.M.A. from the University of Southern California. He has done graduate studies at Fuller Theological Seminary and has served as an adjunct professor at Gordon-Conwell Seminary.
He is the composer of the children’s Christmas musical, “Three Wee Kings”, as well as various articles for Worship and Creator magazines. He has contributed to The Complete Library of Christian Worship, The NIV Worship Bible, the Worship Leader’s Edition of The Worshiping Church, and Transforming Power.
He also writes the popular Daily Devotionals for Advent-Epiphany and Lent-Easter Sunday online at
sharpdevotional.com including selected music and prayers of past and current saints. He has been a founding faculty member of IWS teaching The Christian Year with Dr. Jack VanMarion.
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