title: Awaiting Hope: Meditations for Advent and Christmas
author: Courtney Sorrell Tepera
description: Courtney Sorrell Tepera is a doctoral candidate in Religion at Temple University, and holds a M.A. in Intercultural Studies from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Though she moves often, she currently lives in the beautiful Lowcountry of South Carolina with her husband and a small petting zoo of animals. When not in the throes of graduate education, she writes devotionals for magazines like Alive Now! To hear more about her adventures and writing, you can follow her on Twitter @CourtneySTepera
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  [Map](nav.xhtml#rmap)
  
  
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  [Dedication](nav.xhtml#rded)
  
  
  _For our agent, Michelle Brower, with gratitude, awe, and love._
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Epigraph](nav.xhtml#repik)
  
  
  “Perhaps some day I shall not shrink in pain
  
  
  To see the passing of the dying year,
  
  
  And listen to Christmas songs again,
  
  
  Although You cannot hear.”
  
  
  —Vera Brittain, extract from “Perhaps”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  * [_Cover_](9780062562692_Cover.xhtml#cov)
  
  
  * [_Title Page_](9780062562692_Titlepage.xhtml#tit)
  
  
  * [_Map_](9780062562692_Map.xhtml#map)
  
  
  * [_Dedication_](9780062562692_Dedication.xhtml#ded)
  
  
  * [_Epigraph_](9780062562692_Frontmatter_1.xhtml#epik)
  
  
  * [Contents](nav.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Prologue](9780062562692_Prologue.xhtml#pro)
  
  
  * [Part One: 1914](9780062562692_Part_1.xhtml#pt1)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Paris](9780062562692_Chapter