Advent

New and Recent Formation Resources for Advent

Advent is an exciting season in the church year. As many of the resources below underscore, Advent ushers in a new liturgical year …

Angelic four-year-olds in their oversized white t-shirts and tinsel halos. An errant two-year-old sheep who tries to abscond with …

Growing up our family had one of the Avon Christmas Countdown Calendars from 1987 with the mouse that moved from one day to the …

My Own Experience of "Las Posadas" As a child in a multicultural family, I had the privilege of celebrating the Advent and …

Mi propia experiencia de "Las Posadas" De niña crecí en una familia multicultural. Tuve el privilegio de celebrar el adviento y …

I didn’t know about Advent as a kid, but I understood the aching desire for Christmas to arrive. Whether I was looking forward to …

Advent is a season that encourages us to pray from our bones. Its vivid stories and songs implore us to pursue, desire, and cry …

What if Advent were less about which songs to sing which weeks and more about using our resources to ensure that all people are …

’Tis the season for gift-giving guides and black Friday sales that started a month ago. As active disciples in faith communities, …

I (Jodi) have a confession to make: I don’t like Christmas pageants. It's not just the significant planning that they can require. …