Advent 1: Hope

The word that starts Advent is hope. We first prepare for Christmas by embracing our need for a messiah, so hope is the natural place

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What is Hope?

Here is a poem which seems perfect for this first week of Advent.  It is written by a Brazilian liberation theologian. What is Hope? It

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Advent on the Run

Looking around the Internet for resources, I discovered a disturbing trend: Advent is getting noticed, and not in a good way. What used to be

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