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Powering Down the Christmas Machine

December 25, 2022 By Meaghan Brower 4 Comments

I will not start packing up the decorations today. 

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Advent, Christmas, decorating, Holiday season

This Advent, This Love

December 19, 2022 By Laura Shaver 1 Comment

In keeping with a resounding theme, Advent, this year, has truly served as a time to reflect on love

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Advent, death, love, parenting, parents

Advent finally showed up

December 18, 2022 By Cara Meredith Leave a Comment

Advent came a little later than expected this year.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Advent, Palestine, waiting

What we know to do

December 16, 2022 By Christian Simmers Leave a Comment

“Why do you always do the work in the kitchen at church? Why not Dad?”

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Filed Under: Parenting, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Advent, church, cooking, gun violence

Walking through Advent toward the Light

December 14, 2022 By Mary Lee Wile

Back in the early ‘80’s, when I was still living in Colorado, on Good Friday mornings a friend and I would take the 4 to 5 a.m. Night Watch shift at church, then we’d drive out to Warren Lake.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Advent, grandchildren, politics

A lunch bag, a water bottle, and an empty tissue box

November 29, 2022 By Kit Lonergan 2 Comments

Not one person in my life would accuse me of being chronically organized.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: Advent

CS Lewis’ Compelling Representation of Christ

November 22, 2022 By Casey Shobe Leave a Comment

Safe? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Advent, books, CS Lewis, Jesus Christ

The God of Light, of Love

December 27, 2021 By Laura Shaver Leave a Comment

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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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Saints Tagged With: Advent, Advent wreath, Christmas, St. John, The Gospel of John

Longing for God and Something Familiar in Advent

December 23, 2021 By Kit Lonergan Leave a Comment

As if on cue, every second Sunday of Advent my husband and I get into an argument about the correct type of lights to hang in order to welcome baby Jesus, the incarnate God, into the world. 

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Advent, Christmas, incarnation

Have you any Christmas cheer?

December 17, 2021 By Raymond Capo 3 Comments

I recently had a literal “come to Jesus” moment while saying goodbye to a fellow parishioner leaving our Sunday service.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Advent, Christmas, incarnation, Prayer

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