Advent
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Sunday Evening Collective ~ December 14th Edition
Advent Week Three turns toward joy that is quiet, durable, and near. Not cheer manufactured, but longing awakened. Through Lewis, Buechner, and song, this edition invites attentive waiting, shared beginnings, and embodied notice. Joy arrives as gift, woven into ordinary moments, pointing beyond itself toward grace, hope, and home, together. Continue reading
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Advent Week Three: Joy
Advent joy is not the reward of arrival, but the elation of knowing what we hope for is coming. It rises from certainty, not possession. This week invites us to notice where waiting has turned light, where trust lifts the heart, and joy quietly begins to move. Continue reading
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Sunday Evening Collective ~ December 7th Edition
This week of Advent invites us to receive Peace in the midst of rising demands. A cold morning walk becomes a reminder that steadiness is given, not earned. Through song, stillness, and a simple daily practice, we learn to quiet the hurry and let Peace meet us where we are. Continue reading
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Advent Week Two: The Quiet Center of Peace
Advent peace is not escape but strength. It grows in small moments of quiet and is carried into the noise of real life. In Week Two we learn to breathe slower, stand steadier, and walk with the One who brings order to our chaos. Peace becomes the center we carry. Continue reading
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Field Research: Hope in the Early Dark
Advent begins in the quiet before dawn. Hope takes shape not in brightness but in the early dark, where the horizon softens and the heart leans toward what it cannot yet see. This week invites simple practices of stillness, attention, and longing so we can notice how God draws near. Continue reading
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“Little Gidding” ~ T.S. Elliot
With the drawing of this Love and the voice of this CallingWe shall not cease from explorationAnd the end of all our exploringWill be to arrive where we startedAnd know the place for the first time.Through the unknown, unremembered gateWhen the last of earth left to discoverIs that which was the beginning;At the source of… Continue reading
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Sunday Evening Collective ~ November 30th Edition
This week we slow our pace and pay attention to what is already good. Through gratitude, honest reflection, and small moments outdoors, we steady ourselves for Thanksgiving week. Grace is present in the ordinary. Choose one simple act of gratitude and let it shape the days ahead. Continue reading
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Christmas Series | Advent Week 1 – Hope
Hope begins in the dim places where vision is limited and longing rises. Advent invites us to stand in the fog without fear and to trust the small signs of light that steady the heart. Hope leans forward, attentive to the horizon where morning quietly begins. Continue reading
Advent Adventure Agency Albums Apostle James Apostle John Apostle Paul Aristotle Armor of God Art of Manliness Attention Benjamin Franklin Books Breathing Brother Lawrence C.S. Lewis Challenges Character Christianity Christmas Comfort Culture Courage Creativity Culture Dallas Willard Desert Island Music Discipline Dr. Paul Taylor Emerson Epictetus Faith Focus G.K. Chesterton George MacDonald Goals God Goodreads Grace Gratitude Habit Hardiness Health & Fitness History Honor Hope Humility Industry Interviews J.R.R. Tolkien James Clear Jesus John Eldredge John Mark Comer Justice Leadership Love Manliness Marcus Aurelius Mark Twain Mental Toughness Mindfulness Money Music Music 80’s Music 1980 Music 1981 Non-fiction Order Oswald Chambers Peace Personal Development Prophet Isaiah Quotes Recovery Resilience Resolution Rick Rubin Routines & Rituals Saint Augustine Saint Thomas Aquinas Self-Reliance Seneca Silence Spiritual Formation spiritual warfare Temperance The Choir The Hardiness Effect Theodore Roosevelt The Police Thomas A Kempis Tim Ferriss Training U2 Virtue William Gurnall Willpower Winston Churchill WODs Writers