Advent is a time of waiting and preparation. It’s easy to jump forward to the birth of the little baby Jesus and the star and the wise ones bearing gifts. We’ll soon be decorating our homes with twinkly, sparkly things and hear the golden voice of Johnny Mathis floating through the halls. But during Advent, we wait and we work. …
Looking for Love
What happens when life doesn’t sync up with the seasons? When our world seems filled with joyful laughter and shiny things, and we just don’t feel shiny? Is it possible that the holy can be found both within the holiday mirth, and also within struggle? We are nearing the final week of Advent. Advent is a season of longing, of …
Advent: Lighting the Candle of Hope
Welcome to Advent! The first breath of the new church year is about to be drawn. Once more, we’ve circled around to the season of mystery, into “the close and holy darkness,” as the poet Dylan Thomas put it. Advent is laden with expectation, pregnant with strange good news, and lit by archetypal symbols. I loved this season during my …
Advent Programs
Got a little behind in the end-of-school/Christmas rush. Ready to get back to my normal level of disorganization. Advent Week 1 Advent Week 2 Advent Week 3 Advent Week 4 Christmas Eve
Advent: Love All
Advent is a time of waiting, no time more so than the final Sunday of Advent when we can finally see the light on the horizon. And no year in my admittedly short memory of Advent seems like so painful a wait, so desperate a time to be on the threshold of a new year. I wonder what will be …
Advent Conspiracy: Worship Fully (in which the author takes issue, as is his way)
This year Church in the Cliff is participating in Advent Conspiracy, which seeks to turn Christmas upside down, to remind us of the meaning of God coming into the world. Advent Conspiracy asks us to reconsider the consumerism of the Christmas season, to avoid the stress of malls, the debt of buying things we can’t afford, and the downright silliness …
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