He will swallow up death forever (First Sunday in Advent: The Prophets’ Candle)

Today I came to church harried, as usual. The only preparation I had made for Advent was breaking out the fancy red Christmas dresses for the girls, because it made dressing them on Sunday morning easier. But the sanctuary was beautiful in its Advent greenery, and when the choir began singing “Come Thou Long Expected [...]

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