Sunday, November 30, 2025
It’s the Sunday after Thanksgiving, not even December yet, and Advent is here. Ack! I’m not ready! I’ve been reading books to calm my anxious questions and put myself in the proper frame of mind, but I still don’t know how to celebrate Christmas when I am so uncertain of what happened and who Jesus was. I’ve been thinking about music since last September, but I still haven’t started practicing or even figuring out how to play what I want.Friday, December 20, 2024
Anyone who grew up in an even remotely liturgical church community has heard of Advent. The rest of us have seen Advent calendars, with tiny doors concealing tinier candies. And anyone who has seen Christmas Vacation knows Advent is when Clark Griswold spreads mayhem and puts up far too many Christmas lights. What is Advent? It is the liturgical season which begins the church year and when we prepare for Christmas.Tuesday, November 7, 2023
This post isn’t ready for prime time. It’s not even half baked. It’s still fluid. I want to write about Advent because it’s coming. I want to write about Advent because it implies the incarnation, which is my all-time favorite doctrine. Incarnation is important because it is God the creator entering creation in order to be in community with us. Incarnation is the transcendent becoming immanent. The incarnation is God entering all the messiness of human life.