Why Food and Feasting are Important to Advent
Thanksgiving is the American introduction to the Advent season of feasting. Here are three tips on why food and feasting are important to our Advent traditions.
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Taking Worship to the Market Place for the Holidays
The holidays are closing in fast, and what better way to make God known during this season than to take worship to the market place. This short clip will knock your socks off!
Cleanup Ritual
Christmas has certain rituals and cleanup is not my favorite. The seasons, patterns, and decor of holidays vary, but the one ritual of cleanup remains.
Twinges of Loneliness
Have you ever felt a twinge of loneliness slip in at Christmas? I have, and not for lack of family or holiday spirit—both abound at my house.
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Holy Disorder
Christmas is unwrapped in Holy disorder. It is God’s fault. Life escalates the excitement, stress, and extra activities during this season.
News Flash! God Becomes Man!
Contrary to popular religious thought, man does not evolve into godness over the course of several, rightly-lived lifetimes.
Grant Us Peace
Music stirs the sense of the Holy in this short video of Lisbet Scott singing Dona Nobis Pacem from her new Christmas album, “Peace on Earth.” An amazing experience.
Guess Who’s Coming For Christmas
House decorated–check! Christmas Eve dinner reservations made–check! Menu planned for Christmas day–check! Gifts gought and wrapped–workin’ o it. Waiting for Christ . . . say what?
Do You Hear the Corporate Melody?
Praying the hours, or fixed-hour prayer, is a corporate melody of prayer from believers to the Holy—an ongoing dialogue between the Lord and His people.
The Advent Conspiracy Strikes Again
The Advent Conspiracy is out to change your holiday season!