Advent
Catholic
Milestones: Significance of Birthdays, New Year's, and Lent
I wonder if the time of year that birthdays or other milestones fall is significant. How does that affect people?
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General Christian
Come As You Are: God's Special Gift of Change
Welcome to February Patheos Friends! Prepared or not, we just finished the first month of 2026. Time is flying by so fast.
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Evangelical
Singing the Particularity of Place
My family and I celebrated Christmas in Norway this year, which brought a number of new experiences, including far more communal singing at work parties than I’d anticipated! It was in one of these early Christmas festivities that I first heard the song I’ll now always associate with...
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Across Faiths
General Christian
A Blessed Nation: Faith Freedom
Happy New Year Patheos Friends! Welcome to a brand-new year of unlimited possibilities! Welcome to a brand-new year of mission!
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General Christian
150: Tom Rundel: Love is Not Sentiment
This reflection explores love as a disruptive, risky, and compassionate force revealed in the Advent story of Joseph and Mary. Rather than portraying love as perfection or rule-following, it shows how imperfect lovechoosing mercy over fear and presence over withdrawalis enough to bring...
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Catholic
Yi Yi: Simply Having a Melancholic Christmas Time
So much of Yi Yi concerns the counterweights of public and private life. We come home to messes that defy easy explanations, accretions of decades of suffering, mistrust, and regret, only to have to make decisions at work.
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Advent By Faiths
Catholic
Milestones: Significance of Birthdays, New Year's, and Lent
Yi Yi: Simply Having a Melancholic Christmas Time
Luke 21: The Widow’s Offering - Advent Day 21
An Empty Chapel, A Human Church, A Patient God
Luke 20: Jesus is Questioned - Advent Day 20
Luke 18 & 19: Jesus Heals the Rich - Advent Days 18-19
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Contemplative
Just Beyond The Manger
When The World Fogs Your Lens Dust Them Off With The Spirit
Make Room Make Space Make Way
Listening to the Whispers of Hope
The Spiritual Value of Longing in Advent
Christmas Lights A Candle Of Hope In Our Souls
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Evangelical
Singing the Particularity of Place
Finding Margin: A Review and Reflection of 2025
Advent & Christmas Miscellany, 12/22/25
On the ‘Middle’ Coming: Advent Reflections with Romanos
Candlelight & Advent
What Is Advent All About? Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love
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General Christian
Come As You Are: God's Special Gift of Change
A Blessed Nation: Faith Freedom
Podcasts:
150: Tom Rundel: Love is Not Sentiment
Men Lead Homes Like Jesus
Advent at the Margins: John’s Call to Build a Just World
Podcasts:
Clearing a Path for Justice
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Jewish
Why The Bible Forbids Christmas Trees: More Than Paganism
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Latter-day Saint
Two Very Distinct Prophets
Behind the tinsel
"The beginning of the end of death’s dominion"
Regarding Two Christmas Carols
Christmas or Easter?
"Christmas as Devotional": Christ appeared in order to reconcile us
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New Visions
Christmas Blessing in Troubled Times: The Gift of Attention
The Already and Not Yet: On Christmas and Waiting
How Christmas Stories Functioned When They Were Written
Mary Teaches Blessedness at Christ-Mass
Advent: An Invitation to Remove Obstacles to the Divine
3 Ways Religion Helps Us Embrace Complexity
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Pagan
Advent, Integration, And Metaphorical Pregnancy
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Progressive Christian
Love Comes Down
Podcasts:
Advent as Good News for the Marginalized
Good News from the Edges
Podcasts:
149: Tom Rundel: Peace is Not the Absence of Chaos
Good News for the Poor
Repairing the Moral Fabric Begins With Justice
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