In honor of the 10th anniversary of All Creation Waits , this deluxe collector’s edition features: • Foil embossed slipcase • Stunning new cover with lush artwork printed on textured paper • Gilded page edges • Full-color illustrations by award-winning artist Sharon Spitz • Beautifully illustrated endpapers • Elegant ribbon marker   The beloved bestseller that invites readers to rediscover peace, hope, and wonder through the miracles of the natural world. Be transported into the mystery and wisdom of Advent by watching 24 woodland animals prepare for the season of dark and cold. Guided from within, each creature knows, The dark is not an end. It’s a door. It’s the way a new beginning comes. Quiet, resonant, and profound, All Creation Waits: The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings Deluxe Edition is agorgeous full-color exclusive edition of Gayle Boss’s beloved bestseller that includes artwork from international artist Sharon Spitz. Each daily reflection unveils the intricate and awe-inspiring ways animals such as the honeybee, black bear, and painted turtle adapt to the season of winter. The final reading on Christmas day reflects on the quiet mystery of the Christ child being born among animals. Paired with lavish illustrations and an elegant slipcase, this edition lends itself to becoming a cherished yearly family tradition. Whether read with children by the fire or savored alone, All Creation Waits will awaken your sense of wonder and deepen your connection to the natural world and the sacred rhythms of life. Celebrate the beauty of creation, the mystery of Advent, and the promise of new beginnings with this timeless treasure―an ideal gift for those longing to rediscover the hope and peace of the season. Learn more about All Creation Waits and find free resources at AllCreationWaits.com Praise for All Creation Waits by Gayle Boss: “This book is at once gorgeous and glorious, quiet as falling snow, and still as a hibernating animal. It captures the magic and promise of Advent in words and pictures―reminding us, gently but powerfully, of God’s love for all His creatures―including us." ―Sy Montgomery, New York Times bestselling author of How to Be a Good Creature   “A gorgeous exploration in words and pictures of animals in winter, life in darkness, beauty in nature, the wonder of the world…" ―Deborah Heiligman, National Book Award Finalist “ All Creation Waits: The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings  showcases twenty-five fresh images of the foundational truth that lies beneath and within the Christ story.. . . Anyone who does not want to be caught, again, in the consumer hype of ‘the holiday season’ but rather to be taken up into the eternal truth the natural world reveals will benefit immensely.” ― Midwest Book Review “Each of the beautiful creatures in this little book is a unique word of God, its own metaphor, all of them together drawing us to the One we all belong to. Adapting to the dark and cold they announce in twenty-four different ways the Good News of Advent: that through every dark door the creating Love of the universe waits.” ―Richard Rohr, OFM “To be awake in the world each winter is to sense loss, to know the weight of waiting. This book’s illustrations and descriptions of the winter habits of 24 animals are gentle lessons in biology―about how lactic acid pools in the bloodstream of a turtle or a porcupine’s gut digests wood. But the animals are also a metaphor for faith, and the final chapter explores the meaning of a God who became incarnate ‘as a child at home among animals’ for the sake of a creation that still waits.” ― The Christian Century Gayle Boss writes from West Michigan, where she was born and raised. Her lifelong love of animals and her immersion in spiritual texts and practices have melded in poems and essays that explore how relationships with animals specifically, and an attentive presence in the natural world generally, restore us to our deepest selves. She is the author of Wild Hope: Stories for Lent from the Vanishing , and  All Creation Waits: The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings . Gayle lives with her husband. " Writing about animals and the human-animal bond is the writing that enthralls me. I’ve found it true, what the thirteenth-century mystic Meister Eckhart said: 'God is equally near in all creatures.' Many human creatures and two corgis have loved me and encouraged my work. Beyond them, the creatures and landscapes of Michigan’s west coast, often wounded, open to me wonder after wonder ." -- Gayle Boss Sharon Spitz is an illustrator with a passion for nature, animals, and sustainability, who splits her time between Haifa and Berlin. Her work focuses on details and textures, and in her illustrations, she combines traditional and digital techniques. Graduate with honors from the Department of Visual Communication in the NB Haifa School of Design (B.Des.). View Sharon's online portfolio