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Thoughts on a Rose Sunday

Mariclair Partee Carlsen / December 19, 2025 / Leave a Comment / Liturgical Year / Advent, Advent wreath, Forward Movement

Every single Advent, at just about the third week, time seems to speed up, and Christmas suddenly feels minutes away. […]

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Welcoming Advent into Our Homes

Allison Sandlin Liles / November 24, 2025 / 3 Comments / Liturgical Year / Advent, Advent wreath, adventword, faith at home, teenagers

Part of my family is already observing Advent. And it’s not the clergy parents who are up to their eyeballs

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Advent: The Ancient Practice of Patience

Caitlin Mallery / December 3, 2024 / 1 Comment / Liturgical Year, Parenting / Advent, Advent wreath, parenting, patience

As a child, my family had one Advent calendar we used for years. It featured a nativity with twenty-four paper

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Slowing Down for Advent with Young Children

Tina Clark / December 1, 2023 / Leave a Comment / Liturgical Year, Parenting / Advent, Advent wreath, books, busy-ness, parenting, young children

The weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas, in our modern world, are a source of delighted excitement, building anxiety, and abject stress for so many families.

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The God of Light, of Love

Laura Shaver / December 27, 2021 / Leave a Comment / Liturgical Year, Saints / Advent, Advent wreath, Christmas, St. John, The Gospel of John

John, for me, is the apostle of light, the apostle who shines the light on the true nature of our God and our Lord and Savior.

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The Armor of Light

Christian Simmers / December 9, 2021 / 1 Comment / Liturgical Year / Advent, Advent wreath, Prayer, young adults, youth

I typically welcome the shorter days that accompany the season of Advent. Less daylight should theoretically translate to fewer distractions and more snuggling on the couch, under fleece blankets with warm cups in hand.

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Advent at 80 miles per hour

Sara Irwin / December 4, 2019 / 6 Comments / Liturgical Year, Spiritual Practices, Uncategorized / Advent, Advent wreath, love, spiritual practice

How do we observe Advent?

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Faith at Home: Planning for Advent

Allison Sandlin Liles / November 25, 2018 / 1 Comment / Liturgical Year, Spiritual Practices / Advent, Advent wreath, Forward Movement, liturgy, Posadas, Prayer, Way of Love

Advent is officially one week away. How are you feeling about it? Will this be the year you are finally able to slow down and enjoy this season of preparation? Grow Christians tries every November to ready our community to do just that.

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