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The Gift of the Nutcracker Streaming Video Session 1

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The Gift of the Nutcracker Streaming Video Session 1
Author Matt Rawle
Publisher Abingdon Press
Publication Date 9/2018
Binding Digital Media
ISBN 9781501869471
Retail Price $3.99
The Nutcracker was first performed in 1892, and quickly became a holiday tradition, one that continues for many families to this day. In The Gift of The Nutcracker, Matt Rawle takes a look at this Christmas classic in a new way—through the lens of faith. In this four-week Advent study, Rawle uses the iconic tale to help us understand God’s greatest gift of the Christ child and of the kingdom Christ came to build.

In Session 1 titled Clara: Waiting for Christmas, Matt Rawle explores the Nutcracker story from Clara’s point of view. A young girl at the cusp of adulthood, she is caught in an “in between” time of life—much like the Advent wait for the coming Christ. She waits to grow up and to be invited to join the adults in their Christmas revelry. Unbeknownst to Clara and to many of us, it is precisely in these periods of waiting that we often see the most growth in our lives.


Running Time: 9:46


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