How are you using the Advent wreath in the Christmas Season? Are you still using it? Are you still lighting all the candles? Have you replaced the purple (and rose) candles for white ones? When do you stop using it?
Here are a few of the responses I have previously received.
The name Jesus (Joshua) and some of its implications in a family that went in for radical liberation names.
On Sunday, in the Anglican Church of Or, there are four different options for what to celebrate – giving a total of 36 licit possible combinations of readings for Eucharist.
“Do not be afraid!” is the most-repeated phrase in the Bible. It is central to the celebration of Christmas.
On Sunday, when more Anglicans will worship on the beach than in pews, the Anglican Church of Or provides 28 licit options for readings combinations for our Eucharist.
Most Christians celebrate Christmas three days from now. Russian Orthodox do not – they celebrate 13 days later. What is happening in Ukraine, where there are Christians aligned with the Russian approach?
Eternal God,
in the stillness of this night
you sent your almighty Word to pierce the world’s darkness
with the light of salvation:
give to the earth the peace that we long for
and fill our hearts with the joy of heaven
through our Saviour, Jesus Christ.
Amen.
