When I was much younger (but old enough for some serious crafting), I designed a two-dimensional Advent wreath from construction paper and thumbtacked it to my bedroom wall. Each Sunday during the ...

The Christian season of Advent, which begins this Sunday, is a four-week period of preparation for Christmas. Advent's themes of hope, peace, joy, and love are symbolized by lighting candles, moving ...

It is difficult not to join the chorus of people bemoaning the 4:15 p.m. sunsets we have been experiencing in the Northeast. Even the most hardened New Englanders seem to agree, very few people like ...

Happy New Year to all! Throughout December, our church community came together to observe the Advent season, a time rich with meaningful themes of hope, peace, joy, and love. Each Sunday, as the ...

Advent’s journey from darkness to light has pressed tangibly upon me since living in Scotland. At the winter solstice, the sun rises just before 9 a.m., only to set just after 3:30 p.m. After that, ...

(RNS) — The Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow has always been bothered by Advent’s emphasis on the imagery of light and darkness. For at least the last decade, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) pastor has been ...

Today, our Advent time of waiting turns the final corner, and the promise of light in darkness begins to sparkle on our horizon. Our readings speak of signs that proclaim God’s love — God’s closeness, ...

Wreaths, candles and calendars. These are sure signs of Advent for many Christian groups around the world. But what is Advent exactly? The word Advent derives from the Latin adventus, which means an ...

An Advent reading for December 12. Scripture uses the motif of darkness and light to describe the Promised One—and Jesus identified himself as this prophesied light. In him, we experience salvation ...