S Eptember To D Ecember
SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER
There is an inherent problem in the fact that the secular year begins on January 1, whereas the Christian year begins with Advent (in late November or early December).
Moreover, in this calendar I am pushing Advent back a further three months, partly in order to give us a much longer period of preparation for Christmas and partly in order to divide the year into three equal periods of four months each. Then it is marvelous to have four months in which to cover the whole Old Testament, stretching from creation to Christ.
We naturally focus during week 1 on Genesis 1, the creation. If, however, the reader prefers to begin the New Year with the birth of Christ it is easily possible to do so.