In a world where wars, turbulence and insecurity rage in numerous locales, the Advent season is a time of stillness and contemplation, of silence and the hope for new birth. "For those in the ...

Ask almost anyone, anywhere, and they’ll tell you that 2025 has been a hard year. We’ve witnessed global wars, school shootings and an alarming rise in political violence. We’ve endured a ...

Despite 2025's global wars and crises, the season of Advent reveals how hope endures through the darkness, drawing on research and real-world examples of transformation.

Many Christians are celebrating Advent. Even though the Messiah came, Christians still wait for the Messiah to come and save us. In the New Testament, First Peter 1:4-7 talks of an inheritance in ...

My first winter in Alaska, I found myself in a little church during Advent. I was wrestling with just how dark December truly is. Staring out the church window, I sat in my pew, baffled at the lack of ...

Want a fun way to countdown the days before Christmas? Try an Advent Calendar! Some you can buy, some you can make, and one you can download from me here — a reading advent calendar to motivate ...

“Advent, meaning ‘coming’, to the Church Fathers, was the right naming of the season when light and life are fading. They urged the faithful to set aside four weeks to fast, give, and pray-all ways to ...