Lighting the Advent wreath is a beautiful tradition, and I’m hoping that how I approach it is more important than how often.
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The holiness of asking for help
By letting others in, we enable them to do the work of God.
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Searching for the Holy Dirt: What I learned while hitchhiking to El Santuario de Chimayo
All you can do is what you can do and then the Holy Spirit has to take over.
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In Advent, God comforts us—so we can comfort others
God does not comfort us so we can simply be comfortable. God comforts us so we can comfort others.
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How an underrated character in ‘A Christmas Carol’ inspired a family tradition
My mom and I decided to start a new Christmas tradition—reading a chapter of the Christmas classic by our fireplace every night leading up to Christmas Day.
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What my mother’s Advent gift tradition taught me about the true meaning of giving
Because of her, I have never lost the strong sense of hope, reflection and presence of the season
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A (Midwestern) discussion about Advent traditions
Let’s talk about Advent Traditions.
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Why I love going to funerals
Death and remembrance show us a profound interconnectedness between individuals, bridging diverse lives through shared memories.
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Lighting up Christ the Redeemer with a Taylor Swift T-shirt isn’t blasphemy. I still don’t like it.
This is an image of Jesus, who is God, and he surely loves Taylor Swift the human woman. But he’s not a Swiftie; he’s the Lord.
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What our editors learned while reporting on the Synod on Synodality from Rome
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