Our bold "yes" this Advent
Rather than viewing this season as awaiting a return to the past, we can embrace it as an invitation to transformation and action, writes the director of the Thriving Congregations Coordination Program at Duke Divinity.
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Showing up as our true selves this Advent
As we anticipate Christ’s birth, let’s strip away false exteriors to embrace what really matters.
Link to author J. Dana Trent
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J. Dana Trent
Author
Glimmers of Advent hope within exhaustion
In Advent, we are reminded that Jesus came to us, and stays with us, in times of trial.
Link to author Gabby Cudjoe Wilkes
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Gabby Cudjoe Wilkes
Founding co-lead pastor, The Double Love Experience Church
Gabby Cudjoe Wilkes: What is possible? Out of a season of hardship and into a season of hope
From her perspective in the midst of the pandemic and with a new year dawning, a New York pastor advocates for leaders to look again for possibilities.
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Gabby Cudjoe Wilkes
Founding co-lead pastor, The Double Love Experience Church
Chris Seiple: Let Advent remind us -- Christ came to save all
Christ’s unifying message was clear from the beginning -- that he is Lord and Savior of all, says an expert on religion and foreign policy.
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Chris Seiple
President emeritus, Institute for Global Engagement
Advent 2020 -- leaning into divine mystery
The right plot and cast of characters can help prepare us for a holy season of watching and waiting, writes a managing director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author Gretchen E. Ziegenhals
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Gretchen E. Ziegenhals
Spiritual director and retreat leader
It's time to talk about Advent in a pandemic
If congregations begin to consider what Advent and Christmas might look like online, they will have time to imagine and plan together, writes a managing director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author Nathan Kirkpatrick
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Nathan Kirkpatrick
Principal, Saison Consulting, LLC
A pastor’s message for Advent in sanctuary
As Christmas approaches, a pastor in long-term sanctuary reflects on waiting, faith and family.
Link to author Pilar Timpane
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Pilar Timpane
Filmmaker and producer
Enuma Okoro: The wait might be the thing we're waiting for
This Advent, the practice of waiting can feel like a burden, but it can be exactly the gift God wants to give us, says the author and speaker.
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Enuma Okoro
Author, speaker, consultant
Christmas Festival brings 'good news of great joy' to a diverse and changing world
The St. Olaf Christmas Festival, one of the oldest and most highly regarded musical Christmas celebrations in the country, is a constantly changing ‘global event,’ bringing a message the world wants and needs to hear.
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Jeff Strickler
Journalist
Bodega Advent Project in New York uses art to connect two congregations with neighborhood stores
Twenty-four mostly small-scale grocers in Brooklyn and Queens post art in their store windows in a series of displays modeled on an Advent calendar.
Link to author G. Jeffrey MacDonald
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G. Jeffrey MacDonald
Journalist and UCC minister
