A life-long Baptist, I’ve had to be self-taught in the traditional church calendar. The next important date on that calendar is “Epiphany,” so, from this liturgically-curious-evangelical to you, I
Happy fourth day of Christmas, everyone! I hope your “four calling birds” arrived safely and are getting along swimmingly with your partridge, two turtle doves, and three French
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, my grandmother passed away. She was a big part of my growing up, and especially my holiday memories. She LOVED Christmas. Her house contained
Last year, I posted this little piece on my Advent reading over at my blog, The Beautiful Extras. I’m reposting it this year, because I can’t recommend these
Photo by goforchris The four Sundays preceding Christmas are what is known on the Christian calendar as Advent, a term that derives from the Latin, adventus, which means,
Christmas presents tend to get a bad rap in Christian culture. (Get it? Bad (w)rap? Ba-dum ching!) And while materialism is a problem we have in this society, presents are
