7 Things → Not Advent, Christmas Books for Children, & a Christmas Quiz
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I put Twitter on alert when I made the bold claim—Advent starts the Sunday after Thanksgiving. Not this year, folks. Christmas Eve is on a Sunday, and that changes everything. Here’s an advent devotion I wrote, when it is actually Advent.
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If you do advent with young ones, this is the reading we’ve used in our family for about twelve years now.
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Check out these Advent traditions around the world.
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While we’re waiting for advent 😇, here’s a Spotify list you can listen to.
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Here are some children’s books on Advent (and Christmas).
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I read this article on why it matters that Jesus was not born in a stable. It spoke to me in particular because there are so many theological teachings we have been handed down from cultural norms, not scripture. May we be diligent students of scripture.
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That reminded me of this Christmas quiz I gave our church youth a few years back. They didn’t do so great. Will you? This is for fun, but for weightier theological issues, it really matters.