Christmas is four weeks from today, so it is safe to say we are in the season of Advent.
My faith tradition did not place a big emphasis on the Christian calendar, with the exception of Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and of course Christmas Day. But there is great depth, even warmth, when we allow the seasons to enter our daily thinking.
This year I am going to read daily from the book God is in the Manger by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. It is a collection of his letters from prison and a few of his sermons. If you are unfamiliar …
this year, but I highly recommend it for next year. We all know how the Christmas season flies by and we are hyper busy getting everything done, and we all know we shouldn’t let that happen. But it still does, year after year, and we find it hard to focus on Christ in the manger.