by The Candlelighter | day-1, preparations
Each new season we start with hope: hope of something better, different, of progress. The beginning of Advent season is filled with such anticipation, but what was it like that first Christmas season? The Jewish people had been under subjection of conquerors for a... by The Candlelighter | day-1, preparations
First Sunday Advent 2011 Sunday, November 27, 2011 is the first day of Advent for this year’s Christmas observance. We are less than a month away! So ready your preparations for the holiday season, with an eye towards going deeper with God, and allowing Him to... 
by The Candlelighter | day-1, good to know
This year our Advent is centered around the theme of God’s promises, and the greatest fulfillment of all of them in Christ Jesus [The Promised One]. Advent is a time of preparation, an anticipation of our hearts as we review the entry of our Savior into the... 
by The Candlelighter | day-1, good to know, sweet to eat
Many people who observe the Christmas Advent season like to use the traditional four candles on the Sundays leading to a Christmas celebration on the 25th of December. While the Advent wreath is traditional, who says it has to be a circle of greens with four candles?... 
by The Candlelighter | day-1, preparations
Sunday, November 30 This year I have a theme- that I believe God has given me… it is called “Planted in the Heart”. Advent is a nascent expectation of something that comes to birth on Christmas Day… the hope of God’s Word planted in our... 
by The Candlelighter | day-1, preparations
For today’s reading, from the English standard version: Isaiah 9:2 – 7 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shined. You have multiplied the nation, you have increased its...
