2. Simplify your Surroundings. Take a tip from monastic traditions and declutter your space. Let the simplicity around you ...

As we move into December, our minds and our activities are often focused on events that lead up to the celebration of ...

DEC. 1 this year began the anticipation of waiting for the arrival of our Savior Jesus Christ. The next week of Advent offers ...

God loves it when we go out of our way to make time for him in prayer, especially when we feel completely drained or when we ...

Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas each year, always falling between Nov. 27 and Dec. 3 and ending on ...

"Every week, a month before Christmas, we light a candle in our house to anticipate the coming of Christ," Mackenzie said.

In her book Advent: The Once and Future Coming of Jesus Christ, theologian Fleming Rutledge writes of this season we’re entering: In the church, this is the season of Advent. It’s ...

Here's a look at the traditions, and what the season means. Advent is the start of the Christian church's liturgical year. It starts four weeks ahead of Christmas, usually the last Sunday in ...

The second week of Advent While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart ...