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A Joyous Christmas to all of you! I hope the entire season of the Nativity—Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany —will prepare you for a rich pilgrimage with Jesus in 2020. May a bright star guide you, may surprising words enrich you, may sojourners and strangers accompany...
I know there are wine pairings for just about every food on the planet. But here are some resources for word pairings to go along with the Advent Calendar Templates or the Advent Chains from my November 9 and November 25 blog posts 1) #AdventWord is is a global,...
"For the Beauty of the Earth, Sing, Oh Sing TodayOf the Skies and of our birth, Sing, Oh Sing, always.Nature, Human and Divine, all around us lies,Lord of All to Thee we raise grateful hymns of praise." These simple and beautiful words are from the "Canticle of...
Advent paper chains are like 3-D Advent calendars. They are a physical and visual way to mark the daily journey to Christmas. Paper chains are an easy and playful way for kids to learn Advent words. Pick simple words like "wait, prepare, watch, baby, dark...." For...
My early-childhood, next-door neighbor always had an Advent calendar. In our Christian Science household we did not celebrate Advent, but I coveted all those little doors my friend Marian opened every day in the weeks before Christmas. Each door revealed tiny,...
Yes to the new creation! Yes to Christ is Risen! Yes to all that I do not understand about this new beginning! Alleluia! This year I am neither exhausted nor "sooo ready for Lent and Easter to be over." What is different from past Lents was not bingeing on a multitude...
When people as early as the 4th century began to make pilgrimages to the Holy Land from Europe and Asia, they wanted to walk the route Jesus took from the place of his death sentence by Pilate to the place of his crucifixion and burial. This walk became known as the...
I love this one-day-at-a-time, one tear-at-a-time journey through Lent. Lent for Everyone--Year C by N.T. Wright is a thoughtful combination of Scripture and reflection. The devotional includes a daily reading from Luke followed by a meditation from the author. As I...
This year I'm combining the Tear Drop Spiral Template with a daily devotional called Lent for Everyone: Luke, Year C: A Daily Devotional by N.T. Wright. In many liturgical churches, the Gospel readings for the Sundays of Lent this year (Year C in a three-year cycle)...
Lent starts this coming Wednesday, March 6! Here are two additional Lenten Calendar Templates. Click on the version you want below the picture; download; and print. The first one with the hearts was created by Pat Maier of Visual Faith Ministry. It has 40 spaces. For...