Every year I choose books to read during the season of Advent. Usually they’re meditations or reflections based on the season. But this year, due to my deadlines and crazy schedule, I’m only reading and studying one book: The Reed of God by Caryll Houselander.
I can’t believe yesterday was the first Sunday of Advent. And although that means Christmas is coming up fast, it’s also a time to slow down and look inward and enjoy the peace of the coming winter months.
It’s Advent and, after much thought and contemplation, I’ve chosen my advent reading for the season. I can’t wait to reread The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis.
Bestselling author Sharon Wray offers a new list of Advent books to help readers who are searching for a way to quiet their heart and find grace during this season of waiting.
Advent is, technically, a mini Lent. It’s a time of quiet preparation in anticipation of Christmas Day. And this preparation includes things like lighting Advent wreaths, baking cookies, and spending…
Today’s Writer Wednesday post is all about holiday decor. Although I love Christmas, and go all out in decorating (I even put up two trees!), I come from a tradition where Advent–those four weeks before Christmas–were treated as a mini-Lent. My grandparents never decorated their trees until Christmas Eve, and the actual Twelve Days of Christmas started on December 25 and were celebrated until the Epiphany on January 6th.
