The Gospel of John Advent Calendar

For Advent 2024, I will be walking through the Gospel of John (about a chapter per day), reflecting on what it means in this season.

Entries will be posted in order below, and I’m trying out this advent calendar format:

December 1: John 1:1-18 (The Home of God)
December 2: John 1:19-2:11 (Water and Wine)
December 3: John 2:12-3:36 (Rearranging and Unfolding)
December 4: John 4 (The Two Mountains and the Second Sign)
December 5: John 5 (Troubling the Waters)
December 6: John 6 (Bread and Life)
December 7: John 7:1-43 (Festival of Water and Firelight)
December 8: John 7:44-8:11 (Three Defenders)
December 9: John 8:12-59 (The Black Flame)
December 10: John 9 (No One Expects an Ironic Inquisition)
December 11: John 10 (Of Shepherds and Kings)
December 12. John 11:1-45 (The Seventh Sign)
December 13: John 11:46-12:50 (Preparations and Perfume)
December 14: John 13:1-32 (“En De Nyx”)
December 15: John 13:33-14:31 (Love, Obey, Live, Know, and See)
December 16: John 15:1-17 (The Lord is Our Farmer)
December 17: John 15:18-16:33 (Lawyer, Angel, and Midwife)
December 18: John 17:1-18:1 (The Lord’s Other Prayers)
December 19: John 18:1-27 (Fire and Steel)
December 20: John 18:28-19:29 (So Many Rivulets, Foretold)
December 21: John 19:30-42 (Poured Out and Cascading Down)
December 22: John 20:1-18 (While it is Still Dark)
December 23: John 20:19-31 (A Concrete Otherness)
December 24: John 21:1-23 (The First Breakfast)
December 25: John 21:24-25 (No Damage in My Country)