Advent – Page 2 – Ellen Kolb

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”

Advent: hold the Christmas carols, please

It’s Advent, the beginning of the liturgical year, penitential and contemplative in tone as befits preparation for a great feast. It’s a blessed relief from any number of things. I enter it this year sick at heart due to some recent events, ready for a time of prayer and quiet and humility and renewal. KeepContinue reading “Advent: hold the Christmas carols, please”