Merry Christmas!

Christmas has started!  For over 1,500 years, the church has celebrated Advent beginning four Sundays before Christmas Day and ending at the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve

It is so hard to believe it is almost here!  Christmas is next weekend! I still have presents to buy!!!!

Before we get too excited, however, about the mistletoe, gifts, and the end of our

Yesterday began the third week of Advent!  This week’s theme is joy.  Fitting that the theme is joy, since we now cross the halfway marker of Advent.  The celebration of Christmas is just around the

Yesterday was the second Sunday of Advent and we are now in the second week of Advent with the theme of peace.  A few minutes of news from the Internet, TV, radio, or friends/family will quickly

Welcome to Advent 2011!  If you are new to Advent, follow this link to learn more about it. Really, it’ll help you.  I’ll wait.

Where do we start with Advent?

We started yesterday with the

Unless you grew up in “liturgical” Christian traditions, “advent” might be a foreign word.  I did not grow up in one these traditions but Advent has become something very near and dear to my heart.