Decorating for Advent…
… Seems like the Advent calendar gets all the attention this time of year, understandably so. There are so many different types of Advent calendars and Advent wreath craft projects to choose from that...
View ArticleSpiritually Preparing for Advent…
… Catholics love to decorate. After my conversion I joked with my sponsor that I needed to go home and redecorate now, remembering how every Catholic I’d ever met had a house full of tchotchke. I think...
View Articlewhat the new translation taught me…
… After the congregation stumbled through the mass last night, myself included, with a few “and also with your spirit” responses it became obvious that I wasn’t paying hard enough attention to the mass...
View Articlekeeping my sanity this season …
… Having awoken from my Thanksgiving food coma, I am ready to tackle the season of Advent with pious gusto. The first order of business, get an Advent wreath. Last year I set the greenery on fire. I...
View Articleidentity crisis…
… Well, according to this other nativity scene Jesus was Hispanic, and not Irish after all. I wish I had known of Jesus’s Latin origins, then maybe I wouldn’t have been so embarrassed of growing up...
View ArticleForget the Christmas music, how about some lovely, seasonally appropriate,...
… Tomorrow Christmas music begins. Never mind that it started playing in department stores as early as October. If you’re as sick of it as I am then you’ll definitely enjoy this – proper Advent music....
View ArticleFriday Freebies…
… Today I am offering one reader a free copy of Lisa Hendey’s Advent book, O Radiant Dawn. This is a wonderfully structured, yet brief, 5 minute prayer guide that takes you through the Advent season. I...
View ArticleDIY Advent Calendar…
… Look! It’s an Advent art & crafts project even I can’t ruin. A Christmas miracle.
View ArticleUnnatural! Unholy!
… Look at these temperatures! Just look at them! How is one supposed to get into a proper Advent/Christmas-y disposition when one is perspiring while decorating?!
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