Juxtaposing Advent and the pre-Christmas rush sometimes makes me want to take up the mantra, "I'm religious, but not spiritual." During this season when it feels like waiting and watching is an ...

Advent, by contrast, in the Christian world is a special time of waiting that is starkly different. ... He states in "Waiting for God," that the Virgin Mary pregnant with Jesus and her cousin, ...

Waiting. Waiting for a letter. Waiting for laughter. ... Advent, by contrast, in the Christian world is a special time of waiting that is starkly different. It is warm and welcoming.

I know that Advent is a time of waiting, but sometimes it seems so sedate, and when I saw the children, I caught a glimpse of wildness, and I thought: maybe Advent is really a wild season, not a tame ...

The two great feasts of the Catholic Church are preceded by a period of preparation. Christmas, which celebrates the humanity of Christ, is ushered in by the Advent season, and Easter, which celebr… ...

The two principal religious observances during December — Advent and Hanukkah — both honor the virtues of waiting patiently. In Christian tradition, Advent marks the weeks of ritual waiting in ...

We’re waiting for the eternal to break into time. We’re waiting for Christ to be born in the world once more. We’re waiting for God. Advent began this year, as it always does, with the prophets ...

Bonhoeffer goes on to say, “Our whole life, however, is Advent—that is, a time of waiting for the ultimate, for the time when there will be a new heaven and a new earth.” ...

This year is the 25th anniversary of Facets of Faith. I am occasionally rerunning columns from its history. This one, from Nov. 24, 2018, is about Advent, which begins Dec.

I came to Advent as an Umbros-wearing ‘90s kid, sitting in the pews of a predominately Black cathedral in Ohio, waiting for someone to light a candle so the show could go on.

Christian congregations across Snohomish County are lighting Advent candles this month, one of the annual rituals celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. Even as church members participate in the ...

Waiting for a letter. Waiting for laughter. Waiting for love. Waiting for a phone call. Waiting for a pain pause. Waiting for peace. Waiting for good news. Waiting for good health. Waiting for ...