How can we have a meaningful Advent and Christmas Season?

How can we have a meaningful Advent and Christmas Season?

Advent and Christmas offer us more than a hectic race from event to event—they offer us an invitation. In this season, believers in Jesus Christ are called to slow down, breathe deeply, and return to the heart of the Gospel: “The Word became flesh and lived among us.” When we treat Advent and Christmas as sacred time rather than a season to survive, we discover a deeper experience of God’s hope, peace, joy, and love.

Advent as Holy Adventure: Waiting for Christ Who Was, Is, and Is Becoming

When I saw the word “Advent” as a child, my heart instinctively read “adventure.” The Advent season has always stirred in me a sense of anticipation, as though something wondrous, transformative, and deeply holy is just beyond the horizon. As a child, I thought it was an “adventure” for Christians to wait for Christmas to arrive. This is partially true, as Advent is a theological journey and path that we participate in.  Advent is not simply abo…