Feeling hopeless as the Christmas season (and Covid) winds on? Read Kelly Rempel’s Advent reflection to find out how you can experience pure joy. Bonus: Watch the brand new video “Just Before the Silent Night,” from Canadian worship artist Brian Doerksen.
Looking for ways to create Advent and Christmas traditions at home with your family? Read our guest post from Candace Kostna of growinfaith.ca, for some great ideas (links to free downloads and other resources!) to help your family celebrate the good news of Christmas in fun, meaningful ways!
Have you ever thought about what Jesus may have been like as a young child? Emmanuel – God with us – spent the first years of his life as a baby, toddler and preteen; the lead up to his ultimate mission, the culmination of God’s great rescue plan for us. Read this beautiful Advent reflection from Roland McQuade, and find links to a five-part Advent series you can watch with your kids.
Do you long for peace this Christmas? Andrea Toews, Family Life Pastor at Eastview Community Church, reflects on peace in part three of our Advent series. Watch her video for three things you can do right now to quiet your heart and put the focus back on Jesus. Download a fun family Advent activity to help you bring peace to others!
Are you a hope hero? Read part two of our Advent series from Cory Vail: how our sure hope in Jesus helps us bring the good news of the Gospel to children, youth, and families this Christmas. Includes links to family-friendly Advent resources!
The truth of Easter cannot stand without the miracle of Christmas. Why then do Christians so often act as though the Advent season is something less? A reflection on the beautiful mystery of the incarnation—God with us—launches The Hope Blog’s 2020 Advent series.
Advent is a great time to be intentional when it comes to sharing faith lessons with children. Watch Bill McCaskell talk to kids about love – a small word with lasting power – in this special Christmas vlog from One Hope Canada.
“Joy at Christmas for children is so significant, yet so fragile.” When the tree is taken down and the lights are packed up, how can we offer children a joy that stays?
What better time than the weeks leading up to Christmas to turn our hearts back to the light, back toward hope? Back to the wonder of the baby in the manger who grew to save the world? An advent reflection.