When something hits close to home, it affects us deeply. We know it to be true—so true that it might unsettle us a bit.

This Advent season, we're meditating on the ways the stories of Advent and Christmas feel very close to home. We celebrate that God draws close to us, making a home with us wherever we are. But we also carry the tension that the world is not as it should be. We are called to build a home for all—saturated with peace, justice, and joy. Are we there yet? No. But in Advent, we get a glimpse of what could be so we can draw closer and closer to that vision each day.

You can view our Close to Home resource bundle here, but our free theme infographic is a great preview to learn more about the resources.

Download our theme infographic to learn about:

• Our ideas about the Close to Home theme and the lectionary scriptures that inspired it

• The resources included in the bundle

• Our guest contributors: Elder Vilmarie Cintrón-Olivieri, Rev. T. Denise Anderson, and Becky & Nathan Bliss of Barnaby Bright!