Shifting Your Wait: An Advent Reflection by Jason Fowler

The submissions for What Are We Waiting For This Advent Seasons are coming in fast so I plan to post two each day over the next week or so.  Also a reminder that you can find links to daily scripture readings here
The second reflection for this first Thursday of Advent comes from Jason Fowler.  Jason [...]

First Thursday of Advent – Actively Waiting in Newness of Life

Today’s post comes from David Bayne who serves among abandoned and vulnerable children and youth in Buenos Aires, Argentina with Word Made Flesh.

This Advent and Christmas season will be my first in the Southern Hemisphere. Since moving to Buenos Aires, Argentina, I have often grumbled about how most church calendar reflections, liturgies, and meditations [...]

World AIDS Day – What Are We Waiting For?

Today is World AIDS Day and people around the world are participating in events that both help raise awareness and help alleviate the suffering of those with HIV/AIDS.  World AIDS Day always falls on December 1st at the beginning of Advent.   This juxtaposition seems very appropriate to me.
As I read through the scriptures for [...]

The First Tuesday of Advent – Waiting for a Job

For many this season of the year is a struggling time.  Whether we get depressed because of the shortening days in the Northern Hemisphere or with the uncertainty of our economic times.  Today’s reflections focus on what many are struggling with at this time – the uncertainty of employment and the challenge of trusting that [...]

First Monday of Advent – What Are We Waiting For this Advent?

Advent has begun, and we have lit the first candle on our Advent wreath. As we move into this first week there are a number of thoughts I want to share as we ponder the question What Are We Waiting For This Advent Season? For those that have not yet started their Advent scripture readings [...]

The First Sunday of Advent

Today is the first Sunday of Advent, the first day of the liturgical year when we begin that wonderful journey towards the celebration of the birth of Christ and that hoped for future world in which all of God’s creation will be reconciled, renew and made whole.
Tomorrow I will begin sharing the posts that I [...]

Celebrating Advent with Kids

The first Sunday of Advent is almost here.  Some of us have dusted off our Advent wreaths, bought new candles and prepared to begin the celebration.  Many of us however are new to this celebration and arn’t sure what to do.  Especially if you are celebrating with children you may be a little uncertain what [...]

Daily Bible Readings For Advent

The beginning of Advent is only a few days away and I thought that it was a good time to post links to various forms of lectionary readings that you might like to read throughout Advent and Christmas.  The readings vary depending on our tradition but all of them are intended to prepare us for [...]

Boundary Breaking Books

Thanksgiving and Christmas are fast approaching and there is much to do & much that I want to say over this next week.  One thing I realized is that I have not blogged much about the books that I am reading at the moment, partly because there are so many that I get a little [...]

A Thanksgiving Prayer

American Thanksgiving is less than a week away and we are all looking forward to what is fondly called Turkey Day.  It is my favourite American custom which I have embraced with great enthusiasm not just because I love good food and good fellowship but because I love the opportunity to think about what I [...]