With the season of Advent 2023 already underway, many people are using Advent calendars to count down the number of days until Christmas. But what exactly is an Advent calendar? Where did the practice ...

If you're looking for the perfect advent calendar for the man in your life, look no further! Whether you want to admit it or not, the countdown to Christmas is well and truly on, so you know what that ...

After Halloween, everyone's attention quickly turns to Christmas. Among the traditions associated with the lead-up to Christmas is Advent. Whether you celebrate the season with calendars, candles or ...

Here we are on the doorstep of Advent, the weeks of preparation before Christmas Day. For those who make use of the liturgical calendar of the Christian year, this Sunday is New Year’s Day, sort of.

Every December I look forward to slowing down during the Christmas season and reflecting on God’s generous provision over the past year. Despite my best intentions, however, I struggle to find quiet ...

I’m not here to get your tinsel in a tangle, but… you really waited until the last minute to grab an Advent calendar, didn’t you? Luckily, Amazon’s serving up a little Christmas miracle: a ton of this ...

Last Sunday my church met at the Mysterious Waters neighborhood park on the Wakulla River to celebrate Thanksgiving. The park has a nice pavilion, dock, boat ramp, and green space. The weather could ...

G.K. Chesterton rightly says “it would be vain to say anything adequate, or anything new” about Christmas (The Everlasting Man). Chesterton underlines the caution any writer or speaker should have in ...

With Christmas approaching, many Christians are preparing to celebrate the Advent season in preparation for one of the holiest days of the year. Advent, a four-week season leading up to Christmas on ...

On Friday, people young and old started to take part in the holiday time tradition of the Advent calendar. So what is the story behind this time-honored tradition and how did it come to mainstream ...

Advent for some Christian denominations is a penitential season of waiting and longing in the four weeks before Christmas. The consumer-driven holiday season often overlooks the Advent themes of ...