[Note: This post was originally published December 24, 2020.] The holiday season is in many ways a season of choices: Which gifts to buy, which charities to give to, which cookies to make and what to serve for the feast, and — in a normal year, at least — which invitations to accept and which … Continue reading Here I Am: A Reflection for Advent 4 (Repost)
One of the most interesting things to me when thinking about how the 'holiday season' has changed over the past couple decades is how much we’ve given over Christmas storytelling to stories of love and romance. It’s almost as though in translating our cultural ideas of childhood wonder, awe, and magic associated with Christmas into … Continue reading The Advent of Love
Today's Epistle reading provides six basic instructions that gave give us a good place to start in trying to figure out how to live a holy life.
The theme of the third Sunday of Advent is JOY
The theme of the third Sunday of Advent is PEACE.
Matthew Root 