Advent
Posted: November 20th, 2008, 11:57 am
Anyone's family or church doing anything for Advent?
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Posted: November 20th, 2008, 1:01 pm
the Children are continuing to practicing their Christmas play.
Posted: November 20th, 2008, 2:07 pm
A lot of things all came together around the holidays last year and we didn't get to, but we've observed it the two years before that. I love advent. 
Posted: November 21st, 2008, 9:27 am
crispfin wrote:I love advent.
It's definitely a great way to prepare for and celebrate Christmas rather than "Christmas".
Posted: November 21st, 2008, 9:37 am
forestwalker wrote:crispfin wrote:I love advent.
It's definitely a great way to prepare for and celebrate Christmas rather than "Christmas".
We found it to be a much more concrete way of "putting Christ in Christmas" than complaining about people not saying "Merry Christmas" or boycotting stores holding "Holiday Blowout Sales" instead of godly "Christmas Blowout Sales".
Posted: November 21st, 2008, 7:18 pm
A couple of years ago, we started reading an EXCELLENT book by Arnold Ytreeide called Jotham's Journey. It is actually the first book in a trilogy which includes Bartholomew's Passage and Tabitha's Travels.
The books are family read alouds, and are very well written. We have kids from 15 down to 6 and they all LOVED them as well as my wife and I. The whole family laughs, cries and cringes together, and every night, the kids don't want to stop reading. We do the candles and all, too.
The stories are like historical fiction which tells the stories of the main characters and how they intertwine with the baby Jesus and each other...all though you don't know that in the first book....
It is SO cool to hear the kids exclaim, "I remember him from Jotham's Journey!" when they discover that Jotham's friend Bartholomew is the main character in the second book, and once thought dead characters are actually found to be alive in following books. They draw you in, and give good information on what life must have been like in Bible times.
I can't recommend these books highly enough. If you have a family, they are a MUST! They actually went out of print for a while, but I think are coming back. Some of the Amazon prices are high on later books, but I would say if you search, you can find them for a good price.
The books are family read alouds, and are very well written. We have kids from 15 down to 6 and they all LOVED them as well as my wife and I. The whole family laughs, cries and cringes together, and every night, the kids don't want to stop reading. We do the candles and all, too.
The stories are like historical fiction which tells the stories of the main characters and how they intertwine with the baby Jesus and each other...all though you don't know that in the first book....
It is SO cool to hear the kids exclaim, "I remember him from Jotham's Journey!" when they discover that Jotham's friend Bartholomew is the main character in the second book, and once thought dead characters are actually found to be alive in following books. They draw you in, and give good information on what life must have been like in Bible times.
I can't recommend these books highly enough. If you have a family, they are a MUST! They actually went out of print for a while, but I think are coming back. Some of the Amazon prices are high on later books, but I would say if you search, you can find them for a good price.
Re: Advent
Posted: November 21st, 2008, 7:47 pm
forestwalker wrote:Anyone's family or church doing anything for Advent?
Dude! don't you now we are evangelical Christians ???
Re: Advent
Posted: November 23rd, 2008, 5:10 pm
Poimen wrote:Dude! don't you now we are evangelical Christians ???
I know quite a bunch who observe Advent.Re: Advent
Posted: November 23rd, 2008, 5:24 pm
forestwalker wrote:
I was just picking at you brother.
