I’d never heard of Advent during my childhood. I knew about waiting for Christmas, but not that the month of…
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A Candle for Advent Peace
How many candles mean Advent peace?
Take a Family Tree to Thanksgiving?
Rather than a side dish, I’ve taken a family tree to my family’s Thanksgiving celebration–several times. May I suggest you…
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Happily Ever After Stories?
Don’t you love and “they lived happily ever after” stories? Not because it’s reality, but because in our complicated cruel…
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Advent: Jesus’ Childhood & Other Adventures
Jesus’ childhood is not necessarily what we’d expect. It’s not really part of Advent, but we have so little information…
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Advent: The Magi and Marco Polo
Marco Polo inquiries about the wise men–yes, those wise men!