The word "Advent" has its origin in the Medieval Latin word adventus, meaning "arrival." The season offers the opportunity for us to share in the ancient longing for the coming of the Messiah. Is it even possible for us, in the year 2013, to understand and fully appreciate the terrible suffering and agony that generations and generations of the ancient Hebrew people experienced? Is it possible to put ourselves in the place of knowing how desolate parents would have felt thinking that their children and their grandchildren were destined for the same life of sadness, disappointment, and suffering that their ancestors before them experienced?
And then to be promised by the ancient Hebrew Prophets that a different time was ahead for them -- that the time was drawing near for the coming of a Messiah -- a great leader who would provide for them an escape from the lives their predecessors had undergone. What excitement, hope, and joy they must have felt to believe that the time was near for theadventus -- for the anticipated "arrival" or "advent" of this Messiah. That is the feeling that the season of Advent is all about!
-from the Huff Post Religion section last weekend
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Join Ann Voskamp for a journey through Advent as she unwraps the full love story of Christmas…week one and week two are out so far.
A great Advent story from Anne Lamott from the late nineties, never published in any of her books.
Making Advent Real: Are we focused on the elements of celebration or the deliverer of our salvation?
Planning a night out? I've heard amazing things about this show.
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Are you exhausted? Overwhelmed? Feeling cynical, bitter or hard? Perhaps you're drowning in dullness and the low-grade despair we feel when our days all run together? We all wait with an ache. All is not right, but hope is real and something is coming. Someone is coming. Our Rescuer is coming!
Hope you are enjoying the Advent readings & your lovely wreaths. I looked around the night we gathered to assemble our wreaths and felt so grateful for our amazing community of women. What a privilege to wait and ache and hope and soften together during this Advent season.
written by: Libba Armenta
Join Ann Voskamp for a journey through Advent as she unwraps the full love story of Christmas…week one and week two are out so far.
A great Advent story from Anne Lamott from the late nineties, never published in any of her books.
Making Advent Real: Are we focused on the elements of celebration or the deliverer of our salvation?
Planning a night out? I've heard amazing things about this show.
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Are you exhausted? Overwhelmed? Feeling cynical, bitter or hard? Perhaps you're drowning in dullness and the low-grade despair we feel when our days all run together? We all wait with an ache. All is not right, but hope is real and something is coming. Someone is coming. Our Rescuer is coming!
Hope you are enjoying the Advent readings & your lovely wreaths. I looked around the night we gathered to assemble our wreaths and felt so grateful for our amazing community of women. What a privilege to wait and ache and hope and soften together during this Advent season.
written by: Libba Armenta
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