AdventWord: a Daily Reflection Opportunity
The offering of #AdventWord provides a daily short reflection and visual meditation to guide Christians around the world to prepare our hearts and homes for the arrival of Christ.
Advent
Faith at Home: Planning for Advent
Advent is officially one week away. How are you feeling about it? Will this be the year you are finally able to slow down and enjoy this season of preparation? Grow Christians tries every November to ready our community to do just that.
Advent in a Box
Advent in a Box is a resource created by the Christian educators at Family Ministry Tools to help churches equip families to have faith conversations at home. The goal is to send home interactive, fun, and biblically sound activities that engage families and help them grow in their faith. Advent in a Box is a pizza box filled with all-age devotions and activities to help families celebrate Advent and prepare for Christmas.
Trying – and sometimes failing – to commend the faith with grandkids at Christmastime.
Talking with unchurched grandchildren about matters of faith involves a dance whose steps I’m still learning.
This year, Christmas came early (but we were together).
This will be the first Christmas in my life I did not spend with my daughter.
Liturgical Year, Parenting
Bringing Carols Home for Christmas… and Advent
One Advent, completely by accident, Christmas carols became part of the bedtime routine. And we were glad.
Liturgical Year, Parenting
How We Keep Advent: Books, Nativity, Devotionals… and Milkshakes too.
We do not keep elves on any of our shelves to send behavior reports to the North Pole. Christ came for us while we were yet on the naughty list.
Lego, Star Wars and Advent Formation
When we make family formation a fraught exercise, we work against our own desires.
Parenting
Lessons in Imperfection: Advent Edition
I must have forgotten to share my peace and joy-filled plan with the kids.
An Invitation from Forward Movement
Forward Movement invites you to reflect this Advent… and perhaps be published in their 2018 Advent devotional!
