In Days to Come: From Advent to Epiphany

In 2009 he married Mary Teasley, a clergywoman in South Carolina, and moved to the Palmetto State. He worked an assortment of jobs prior to ordination: a sanitation worker on a garbage truck, a press operator in a sandpaper factory, a newspaper reporter-editor, and musician. Sometimes in church. George Hovaness Donigian is ordained in The United Methodist Church and a member of the Virginia Annual Conference who ministers now South Carolina. After a successful f

After a successful five years in marketing, he missed the editorial side of publishing and became editorial director-publisher of Discipleship Resources, a publishing imprint of the General Board of Discipleship of the United Methodist Church. Donigian developed children s curriculum resources, including Vacation Bible School and after-school materials, when he worked at the United Methodist Publishing House in Nashville, Tennessee. He also served as pastor of several United Methodist churches in Virginia. In 2009 he married Mary Teasley, a clergywoman in South Carolina, and moved to the Palmetto State. Between them, George and Mary have six adult children and four grandchildren. Of Armenian descent, Don

While each reading stands alone, the meditations are rooted in a weekly theme.. The meditations, like the surprises of an Advent calendar, touch on many different subjects. Donigian offers meditations that begin with Advent and continue through the 12th night of ChristmasJanuary 6 or Epiphany. Some topics included are "An Editor," "A Counting Song," "Prudence," and "Chrismons." Instead of putting away the decorations on December 25, celebrate all the days to come! In Days to Come offers devotional meditations based on a merger of several Christmas traditions: Advent calendars, ancient Advent prayers known as the O Antiphons, the traditional celebration of Christmas on December 25, and the Armenian Orthodox celebration of Christmas on January 6. The meditationsfour per weekcount down from the first week of Advent to Epiphany. Many people end their celebration of Christmas on December 25, but George Donigian reminds us that the celebration is just beginning