Advent
Catholic
Light Reveals Sin
Suddenly, we can see what was hidden. Light reveals sin. Advent seems a little bit like that. We have this liturgical time to get ready for
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Progressive Christian
Advent is a Time for Hope
Advent is a time of hope. The Church season is a period of hopeful waiting for the coming of Jesus Christ into our world.
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Politics and Religion
Advent Wreaths, Thematic Practice and Colorful Outfits
If you’ve been to Catholic mass during Advent, you’ve likely noticed the advent wreath, which looks like any Christmas wreath laid flat with four
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Across Faiths
Progressive Christian
Advent and the Refusal to Lose Hope, Part 2
Advent would've been a hard sell to say God’s just future had come. They could much more easily attach their hopes on the future.
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Jewish
Why The Bible Forbids Christmas Trees: More Than Paganism
Do you wonder why The Bible forbids Christmas trees? Paganism? There is also a deeper moral issue with the Christmas Tree.
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General Christian
Change in 2023 Prepares for New Year
For centuries, Christians have been at the forefront of social justice movements, driven by the core teachings of love, compassion,
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Advent By Faiths
Catholic
Light Reveals Sin
A Festival, A Troll, and a Sign of Contradiction
Advent Wreaths, Thematic Practice and Colorful Outfits
ADVENT IS COMING—2 of 4—Things to Do and Not to Do at Home
ADVENT IS COMING—1 of 4—Traditions to Make it More Meaningful at Home
A Penitential Season
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Contemplative
The Subversive, Confrontational, Emboldening Stories of Christmas {Part Two}
Practicing Advent Online
The Subversive, Confrontational, Emboldening Stories of Christmas {Part One}
Daily Prayer with Alignment’s Interfaith Calendar of Light
Trance: On shared singing and other diversions
Holding Darkness - Awaiting Light
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Evangelical
Rich Mullins Once Asked If God Plays Hard to Get
The Inn Had No Room; Does Your Heart?
With the End of the World Comes the New Creation
The Latest Heretical Movement
Be it unto me according to thy word
Learning to Walk in the Dark
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General Christian
Advent is a Time for Hope
Advent and the Refusal to Lose Hope, Part 3
Change in 2023 Prepares for New Year
Advent and the Refusal to Lose Hope, Part 2
Advent and the Refusal to Lose Hope, Part 1
Advent: Four Opportunities to Rejoice
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Jewish
Why The Bible Forbids Christmas Trees: More Than Paganism
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Latter-day Saint
Two Very Distinct Prophets
Behind the tinsel
"The beginning of the end of death’s dominion"
Regarding Two Christmas Carols
Christmas or Easter?
"Christmas as Devotional": Christ appeared in order to reconcile us
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New Visions
Interfaith Advent Reflections
There is No War on Christmas
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Pagan
Advent, Integration, And Metaphorical Pregnancy
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Progressive Christian
Making Christmas Wild Again
Adventurous Lectionary - First Sunday of Advent - December 3, 2023
Origins of Jesus Christ as Starlight Savior
Understand Historical Importance of Christmas
Getting Ready for Christmas
Origins and Evolution of Christian Advent
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