The Star Still Beckons
Gifts of Presence at Advent & Christmastide
by Leonard I. Sweet · Salish Sea Press · 2025
Book summary
A compact Advent and Christmas meditation on the star as a continuing summons toward wonder, pilgrimage, worship, and Jesus.
Chapter & section guide
The Night Sky
Darkness becomes the setting in which guidance is perceived.
The Star
A sign awakens desire and redirects attention.
The Journey
Faith requires movement beyond familiar territory.
The Magi
Outsiders become models of seeking and worship.
Herod
The birth of Jesus exposes fearful and violent power.
Bethlehem
Divine glory appears in smallness and vulnerability.
Gift
Worship becomes self-offering.
The Star Still Beckons
The Christmas sign continues to summon contemporary seekers toward Christ.
Editorial note: these are original thematic summaries prepared as a research and reading aid, not quotations from the book itself.