Advent is almost upon us. What are your plans? Find some ideas below. Want a more holy Advent? It's as easy as 3, 2, 1! (Okay, that may be an oversimplification, but it is a pretty easy, yet effective, approach) https://youtu.be/R0fIzeBF5DA?si=mTVwHhnEHJNKQlWk Need some ideas for your Advent spiritual discipline? Here you go. https://youtu.be/izV41yoYGvI?si=q5sVHYZVswh1cYlu And don't forget to make use of this free resource from Beyond Sunday. https://youtu.be/yXmBoNS44Lo?si=EFmeqs34xrNWbBIu Wishing you a happy and meaningful ...
Read MoreMy friend and colleague, Rev. Kelly Fitzgerald, and I have put together a FREE resource for families to use at home this Advent, and here's five reasons I'm excited about it. It's Not a To-Do List This is a not a devotion-a-day resource where you have to commit to gathering your family together in the same place at the same time every day while you read and reflect on scripture ...
Read MoreIt's Gaudate Sunday, when we light the candle of Joy. It is traditionally the Sunday that we celebrate Mary's response to the news that she is going to carry the child of God. Gaudate is Latin for rejoice. It's a good time to remember that if Mary can recognize God's blessings in the midst of finding out that she's an unwed pregnant teenager in an age where they could ...
Read MoreAdvent begins tomorrow! We all could use a season of hope, joy, peace and love? If you are from a tradition that doesn't generally observe Advent, this is time to start. If you have friends who are not "Advent people," invite them to join us. It's been a rough year, and we could all use an extra dose of the time of holy expectation and anticipation that is Advent. Do you ...
Read MoreBlue Christmas Service on our Doubting Believer Facebook page live at 7 p.m. on Friday, December 21. Christmas Eve message posted at 6 p.m. right here. Sign up to get your own Star Word for 2019. Wishing everyone a blessed final leg of the journey to the manger.
Read MoreJoin us for our Advent Word-A-Day Photo Challenge. Share a photo that expresses word of the day to you and share on social media using #DBAdvent.
Read MoreNow is the time (as you recover from your Thanksgiving food coma) to be intentional about creating a meaningful Advent and Christmas season for yourself and the people you love. Join us. Sign up here for the free mini course, Getting Ready to Get Ready. Isn't a better Christmas worth 15 minutes a day for five days? Sign up today.
Read MoreIf you're too full after Thanksgiving to move and go out to the movies, here are a few to view in-home. Pieces of April is not just my favorite Thanksgiving movie, but one of my favorite movies of all time. It's a tale of redemption. My husband tells me I think everything is a tale of redemption--but this story truly is. Planes, Trains and Automobiles has been out there for awhile, but, ...
Read MoreWe lit the candle of Hope yesterday in church. We looked at the story of Daniel and the Lion's den But didn't talk so much about the lions It was Daniels defiant act of prayer that held our attention Prayer that was illegal Done right in an open window where everyone could see A subversive act of resistance that testified to all That his God was greater than the king. That his God was ...
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