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For Christians, Christmas time is one of the most sacred, most joyous celebrations of the year. What about for people who are thinking about it, but who aren't sure about the whole "reason for the season"?
The word advent means coming or arrival - and it is the spiritual practice of preparing for Christmas. Practicing Advent means we are going to actually do something to make way for the Lord.
The Messiah. The Savior. For hundreds - maybe thousands - of years, people were waiting for the Lord to be born. Why?
In this wonderful Bible story, the Lord sends an angel, Gabriel, to tell Mary that she will be the mother of the long-awaited Messiah.
History zooms in on Joseph, a carpenter in the village of Nazareth. He doesn't know it, but he's about to become the most important adoptive father ever.
There are two stories of Christmas. We usually blend them into one chronological account, but they are very distinct. One appears in the Gospel of Matthew, the other in Luke.