By Lilly Lewin We are on the way to Bethlehem. We are all on the way, in the midst of Advent and all the holiday preparations that go with the…
by Christine Sine As Christmas rapidly approaches and I survey our world with its pain and suffering I was reminded of this prayer that I wrote a couple of years…
by Christine Sine At the beginning of the calendar year we make resolutions and plans for the entire year. Why don’t we do the same before Advent, the beginning of…
by Christine Sine I wrote this litany several years ago for the Advent devotional Waiting for the Light but decided this year that it needed some revision and updating. In this Advent…
When I posed the question “What song bubbles up within your heart at this season?” I got a number of responses. Most of them were Christmas rather than Advent songs,…
by Christine Sine This year I am creating an Advent calendar with succulents. It all started when I was browsing Pinterest one day and followed a link to what purported…
By Rodney Marsh — John tells us that all of creation “received its life” from God and God gave “light to everyone” with the gift of life (John 1:3,4). No…