The 4th Sunday of Advent. We light the Love Candle to mark the final week of prayer, as we wait for the birth of our Savior. O God of Christmas, we give you thanks for a love alive, an earth-dwelling love announced long ago by angelic voices sounding on high and by an infant’s mangered […]
Month: December 2021
Linus Drops His Blanket…
I was five years old when ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ aired on television for the first time. Like many families, we’ve watched Linus, Lucy, Pig-Pen, Sally, Snoopy, Schroeder, and Charlie Brown discover together the true meaning of Christmas every December since. In my parent’s family, we’d wait anxiously for TV Guide to reveal the date […]
Advent Season of Hope
Celebrating Advent involves intentional preparation for the birth of Jesus Christ. For Christians, the Advent season reminds us not only of Jesus’ birth, but of His eternal presence and eventual second coming. The first candle, which is purple, symbolizes hope. This Advent candle prepares us for Jesus’ arrival. We are reminded that there is hope […]