Would you love to prepare your heart for Christmas during Advent this year? I asked some friends to recommend Advent daily or weekly readings for you.

• Advent Devotionals from Cru.org
• The ABC’s of Christmas by Ray Pritchard ~ This eBook is free through Monday, December 2nd, 2013.
• Crosswalk.com offers daily devotionals from Black Friday through New Year’s Eve. Don’t let the dates in the post titles confuse you; they must’ve included the dates from the original year when these were written. Sign up to receive these in your inbox, if you prefer.
• Good News of Great Joy ~ daily readings from Desiring God, John Piper’s ministry.
• Judy Douglass’ 2010 Advent series.
• YouVersion Christmas reading plans from 3 to 29 days long and everything inbetween.

Judy also recommends Silence and Other Surprising Invitations of Advent, a “lovely, thoughtful book” by Enuma Okoro.

Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts  author, has many creative ideas for you on her blog.  She also has a printable Advent calendar to enjoy as a family.

Christianity Today offers a daily devotional calendar which includes (in addition to delving into Scripture) serving others, prayers from church history, creative worship, fun food and crafts, and other hands-on ideas. You’ll need to subscribe to see these.

Want more than devotionals just for Advent? You could start some great devotionals on January 1st.  BibleGateway.com offers two-year’s-worth daily devotional readings from Charles Spurgeon’s sermons. They also offer devotionals from the writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and C. S. Lewis.

The photo of Advent candles is from Wikimedia Commons.