The title of Dora Dueck’s excellent new book, Return Stroke, ostensibly refers to an event in her late father-in-law’s life, when he was 24 and
The incarnation. Advent is a celebration of the incarnation, of God who became human flesh in Jesus Christ.
Contemplation has been described to me as a long, loving look at the real. In my spiritual-direction training, I get to do a good bit of this.
Growing up in a Christian -family in Indonesia, a Muslim-majority country, I didn’t often see Christmas decorations except in church.
Is your church inclusive? Does it hold high expectations for its people? Is it possible to do both? Mark D. -Baker argues that it is.
Advent can sneak up on you. It is also a lot of work. But, as the season approaches, I get excited. This excitement is born out of the reminders Advent brings.
