Advent with Kids: 76 (or so) Ideas for Getting Ready for Advent
Yay! Advent is my favourite season in the church calendar, and it’s almost here! Actually, Lent was pretty cool this ... Continue reading
View ArticleAdvent with Kids: Make a Jesse Tree! [Guest]
A warm welcome to Stacey, who wrote this excellent guest post – thanks so much! Stacey is a meat-eating, raw-milk ... Continue reading
View ArticleAnticipating the Anticipating: Getting Ready for Advent
Christmas carols start wafting through shops earlier and earlier each year, but this year one thing about Christmas is later ... Continue reading
View ArticleAdvent in Art #1: Announcement
If you want to celebrate Advent in just one simple and rich way, this might be it. Find a quiet ... Continue reading
View ArticleAdvent in Art #3: Nativity
In this week’s Advent in Art painting, Christ is born! We’re a little early, as I’ve said before, because in ... Continue reading
View ArticleAdvent in Art #4: Shepherds
If you love surprises, chances are you live in a rich and safe part of the world. There is a ... Continue reading
View ArticleAdvent in Art #5: The Flight into Egypt
On this last day of the Christmas season we are remembering that there was a great deal of suffering surrounding ... Continue reading
View ArticleAdvent in Art 2013: Shall We?
Probably my favourite season of the church year is coming up soon. Advent, the four weeks before Christmas ... Continue reading
View ArticleAdvent with Toddlers
Happy Advent, everyone! Today is the first Sunday in Advent, the four-ish-week period leading up to Christmas. Today was SBJ’s ... Continue reading
View ArticleAdvent in Art 2013: Expectation
Advent in Art is a project of World Vision New Zealand for the spiritual nurture of staff. Mark Pierson and ... Continue reading
View ArticleAdvent in Art with He Qi: Annunciation
Happy Advent, everyone! A warm welcome to this year’s Advent in Art series, where we join thousands of others in contemplating artistic works while we wait, wait, wait for Christmas. Advent in Art...
View ArticleAdvent in Art with He Qi: The Visitation
A warm welcome to this year’s Advent in Art series, where we join thousands of others in contemplating artistic works while we wait, wait, wait for Christmas. For an introduction to this series, and He...
View ArticleAdvent in Art with He Qi: Nativity
A warm welcome to this year’s Advent in Art series, where we join thousands of others in contemplating artistic works while we wait, wait, wait for Christmas. For an introduction to this series, and He...
View ArticleAdvent in Art with He Qi: The Magi
A warm welcome to this year’s Advent in Art series, where we join thousands of others in contemplating artistic works while we wait, wait, wait for Christmas. For an introduction to this series, and He...
View ArticleWhat we’re doing this Advent: 6 households share their plans and traditions
Wow. I asked around to see what people are planning for Advent this year, and look what I got! Lego! Candles! Chocolate coins in shoes! I have spent the evening wrangling a non-sleeping baby (very...
View ArticleAdvent with Kids: Get Yourselves a Christmas@Home Family Activity Booklet
This is excellent, peeps! The wise and hard-working women at New Zealand Baptist Children and Family Ministries have produced a fantastic Advent resource for families to use through December at home....
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