Advent – Ellen Kolb

Open Book: Bonhoeffer and Muggeridge for Advent

With thanks to my local library’s interlibrary loan program, I’ve just picked up a book that will keep me occupied during Advent and probably well into January: A Testament to Freedom: the Essential Writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (ed. Kelly and Nelson, Harper San Francisco, 1995). Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor who was part ofContinue reading “Open Book: Bonhoeffer and Muggeridge for Advent”

An Advent Thought from Cardinal Dolan

If I had sworn off Twitter for Advent, I’d have missed this from Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York. It’s a great example of the three basics that I teach when I’m introducing people to social media: clarity, charity, brevity. Veni Emmanuel! “The world says ‘I’m OK, you’re OK’. Advent reminds us that the world,Continue reading “An Advent Thought from Cardinal Dolan”

Appreciating Advent

This post originally appeared at Leaven for the Loaf. I look forward to Advent every year. I actually look forward to rummaging through the candle drawer for the little purple votives (and I know there’s a pink in there somewhere). I like putting a purple-beribboned wreath on the front door, even when it’s a premadeContinue reading “Appreciating Advent”