Advent for Christian Writers: Turning Luke 1 into Powerful Writing Ideas

From Edie: Discover how Christian writers can use the Advent season and Luke 1 to spark meaningful writing ideas. Explore an ADVENT acrostic, a 20-day Scripture journey, and practical inspiration for creating Christmas articles, devotionals, and stories for the year ahead.

Advent for Christian Writers: Turning Luke 1 into Powerful Writing Ideas

by Julie Lavender @JLavenderWrites

What does ADVENT mean to you? What do you think of when you hear the word? Have you incorporated advent into your writing this season?

I took Edie Melsons, our illustrious leader’s advice from her most recent post. In her social media advent calendar for writers (https://thewriteconversation.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-social-media-advent-calendar-for.html), she suggested that we stretch our creativity to create an acrostic with the word “peace.”

I altered her suggestion just a bit and created an acrostic with the word ADVENT.

With help from some of my amazing Word Weaver International critique partners, here’s what we came up with:

Jesus is our 

Almighty,

Divine,

Victorious and 

Eternal God, who is 

Near and 

Transcendent.

December is a special time of anticipating the birth of a Savior and anxiously awaiting His second return Let those thoughts strengthen your faith and make the words you write about Him even more powerful than anything you’ve ever written. 

Starting today, read Luke 1:1-20. But instead of reading the entire passage in one sitting, read one verse per day for the next twenty days. The story of Jesus’ birth will take you to the end of the year. 

Read, re-read, ponder, and study each verse. How can you personalize each one? How can it change the depth of your writing? How can it deepen your faith? How will it change your walk with the Lord? 

Brainstorm something transformative about each verse you can write about after the holidays. (Let’s face it – the busyness of the season most likely won’t lend itself to intense writing time.) Take notes on your thoughts and ideas so you’ll have what you need to flesh them out later.

Once the new year begins, use your notes to write blogposts, articles, short stories, or poems. Share them with critique partners and plan to post your ideas or submit them to magazine publishers, newspaper editors, or compilation callouts. Hopefully, you’ll have a dozen or so pieces to submit in time for next year’s advent season. Remember, most publications schedule holiday pieces 6 to 9 months in advance!

Let the celebration of a baby’s advent be the catalyst to foster ideas for a plethora of writing projects. You’ll have a host of projects to work on when the New Year begins. Join the conversation and share below the first idea that comes to mind.

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Julie Lavender is the author of the newly-released Children’s Advent Stories for Bedtime. She loves this time of year and looks forward to celebrating the season with her family.