It is the most wonderful time of the year. With Thanksgiving at a close, it is time to break out those grandiose sweaters, watch terrible Hallmark movies, and listen to Sufjan Stevens' Silver and Gold. It is officially the Christmas season. I love this time of year. However, as much as I love sugar cookies, hot chocolate, and watching Elf every chance I get, that is not why I love this time. To me, it is the spiritual events taking place I will stop you here before you stop me. This post is not a cliche "reason for the season," "war on Christmas," or "putting Christ back in Christ mas" articles that annoy the living parasites out of us. While I love baby Jesus and the incarnation, December 24th/25th is just the beginning of what is going on. December 2nd marks an important day for Christians. It is the start of the Advent, which is the start of the entire Church calendar. To me, just as the nativity narrative sheds light as to why we have ...
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