The gift of God's love comes with “some assembly required.”
The joy that comes to us in Advent is more than an emotion. It can become our default setting.
Advent begins a journey toward real and everlasting hope.
Advent dares to speak of joy even in times like these. It is a defiant, never-the-less joy.
Sam Hawkins and friends spoke about peace on the second Sunday of Advent.
This Advent, our expressions of hope are very much focused on the current situation in which we find ourselves.
Unlike all of the other women in the Bible for whom the announcement of a child is incredible news, Mary has not been longing for years to have a baby.