ADVENTure

If you have been reading this blog for a while, you know that I usually write a post every year around this time that has to do with Christmas. It usually has to do with celebrating the real meaning of Christmas, how it is over commercialized, trying to be less materialistic, and trying to do more to help others. I may have another post later on that has to do with some of that but for this one I want to focus a little on celebrating the real meaning of Christmas. In case you don't know the real meaning, just look at the first 6 letters of the word and you can figure it out. It is the celebration of Jesus birth. I am not going to get into a lot of religious talk here but I wanted to tell you about something our church is recommending people do to help celebrate the holiday right. They recommended celebrating advent and doing advent readings. I had never heard of this before but Margo had. None of the churches I have attended before had ever talked about this and Margo said it had been a long time since she had heard it talked about. I am sure some of you may know about it and you may participate which is awesome. Here is what it is in case you don't know. Advent is a season in the Christian church in which we celebrate Jesus birth and at the same time, look forward to his second coming. It is a a season of joyous expectation as well as a a time for serious reflections as we prepare for Christ's return. The most common way to celebrate advent is by following a schedule of advent readings. You can also light a advent candle wreath. I think this is a great way to help celebrate Christmas for the right reason. If you are interested in this and want to do the advent readings there is a link to an advent calender on our church's website, just click here to get to it and you can print it out if you want. You better act fast though because the first reading started today.