Advent begins today. For you who read this let me encourage you to join me and mine and celebrate Christmas by observing Advent. Christmas can often seem lost on me, like standing outside looking into something I never quite am a part of. As if the greatest party of the year is happening but I never seem to be invited or at least never seem to be as affected as the whole world seems to be. Advent is an invitation to your heart to come in and join in the true meaning of Christmas that causes all the other fanfare. It also adds some liturgy to my life and I long for personal liturgy. Liturgy is a physical act of worship, it is a doing to commemorate, celebrate, and observe deeply held Christian truths; it is religion being performed. The liturgy of Advent is 5 candles, (you can use any you have) one lit at the beginning of each of the four weeks of Christmas and one on Christmas Day. There are many Advent guides you can access online which give daily prompts for each day of Advent. My lover and I use The Atlantic Magazine, Hubble Space Images Advent along with one our daughters-in-law, Britt and Allison shared with us, which I have posted below. You don’t have to be a follower of any religious tradition to find some meaning in a holiday that never seems to live up to its hype. But celebrating Advent can be a way to be a better you, and to be a part of something bigger than the hype of Christmas, to actually be a part of understanding the meaning of Christmas. Merry Christmas
https://ccca.biola.edu/advent/2024/before-the-fall-living-in-a-sacred-sanctuary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Q8ByNT1m8V4
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