the anticipation
the music
the wonder
the preparation
the waiting
the excitement!
Advent is one of my favorite liturgical seasons. Christmas itself is great and all, but I love the whole month-ish leading up to it. I've had an Advent banner that I've counted down with since I was 2. My brother and I still use it; he at home with the real thing, and I in the form of pictures I took before I left for college that I use for my Facebook profile pictures every year.
As with the season of Lent this past year, the United Methodist Church has decided to do a photo-a-day challenge, this time with Advent. I had fun participating in the challenge back in early spring, so I plan to do it again, using it as a way to reflect, step back, and prepare for the coming of Christ. My mom also gave me an Advent wreath that I plan to light at dinner as often as I can. My friend Rev. Amanda gave me a lovely box of 4 blue tins of Danish butter cookies with approximately 7 cookies per tin, creating a pretty decent Advent cookie "calendar" to savor.I hope in some way you'll join me in celebrating this Advent, be that through reading blogs, delving into scripture, finding a devotional, keeping up with your own calendar or banner, lighting candles, eating cookies, going to church, listening to/singing along with music, or doing whatever helps you connect with the Spirit.
Illustrated Advent by Alxndr Jones
Occupy Advent (and on Facebook)
No comments:
Post a Comment