I was quite amused, sitting there in church. It was the end of May, a sunny 30 degrees in upcountry Angola.
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Weary of buying meaningless trinkets for loved ones who have everything? Our partner organizations offer gifts that give back. For the soccer mom: $30 buys transit tickets for a refugee…
Our days are full of time. Our days are chronological, even if not always logical. We wake up. We eat breakfast. We head to school, work or appointments. Every day…
The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.—Romans 13:11 “Oh, you better watch out,…
Barely midnight. All of us hunkered down like hoboes around ashes of a fire. The animals asleep. Our companions: hunger, nagging doubt. Our wants are reasonable: provisions for the family,…
Bell rings out worthy Advent album Keening for the Dawn Steve Bell As December approaches, it seems obligatory for musicians to release a Christmas album. In today’s struggling music industry,…
Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary has released its third Advent devotional booklet. A seminary staff or faculty member, student, or alumnus from MBBS–Canada and MBBS–Fresno, Cal., provides reflection for each day of the Advent season, Nov. 28–Dec. 25.
Some church traditions observe a fast in the Advent season. In the Roman church, the Advent fast was usually kept only two days a week, and has now been reduced to the vigil for Immaculate Conception and the three days of Ember Week, after the fast of St Lucia. Eastern churches, which do not observe a liturgical season in preparation for Christmas, instead observe a three-week or 40-day fast.
Christmas is a season of lights. They glimmer in candles, glow on trees, are strung into twinkling shapes. These lights, however, only hint at the true light of Christmas – Christ.…
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