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Powering Down the Christmas Machine

December 25, 2022 By Meaghan Brower 3 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

Carrying Christmas With Us: Prayer Cards for All Twelve Days

December 23, 2022 By Rachel Daboney Benton Leave a Comment

Households may be in a rhythm of setting aside extra space for God during the season of Advent and so these cards are an easy way to extend that space during the season of Christmas. 

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Prayer Tagged With: Building Faith, Christmas, faith at home, liturgical year, prayer cards

Christmas Gifts

January 4, 2022 By Susan Caldwell 2 Comments

My younger daughter was being particular for Christmas: Mandarin skin cream from Aesop, a small facial boutique shop on Lido Isle.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: baby Jesus, Christmas, gifts, incarnation

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

Observing the Feast of Saint Stephen by Doing

December 26, 2021 By Ryan Kuratko Leave a Comment

I first learned of Stephen, as I suspect many of us do, via Wenceslas and his walk over deep, crisp, and even snow. In that lovely song, Stephen serves largely as the backdrop for an allegory about kingship.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Christmas, Feast Days, martyrdom, St. Stephen

Come and worship….

December 25, 2021 By Mary Lee Wile Leave a Comment

Worship has been much on my mind recently, not necessarily the liturgy or the music or whether to be online or in person for Christmas services, but mostly I’ve been pondering the innate human need to worship, and its various manifestations.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Christmas, grandchildren, worship

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

Christmas Isn’t Canceled

December 31, 2020 By Matthew Chen 1 Comment

Christmas isn’t canceled. The New Year is coming, fresh and frosty.

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Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Advent, Christmas, coronavirus, hope

Merry Christmas

December 25, 2020 By Allison Sandlin Liles 1 Comment

Merry Christmas, friends. For our household, this morning feels like we’ve finally reached the finish line of the most grueling ultramarathon race in history. Today we are putting aside the hallmarks of our 2020: anxiety, despair, and decision fatigue, so we can make room for twelve full days of joy and Jesus. 

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Building Faith, Christmas, coronavirus, Presiding Bishop Curry

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