From the Latin word that means “coming”, Advent is a season of waiting, expecting and hoping. Advent begins the first Sunday of December and ends on Christmas Eve, Advent helps us to prepare for the coming, or advent of the Christ child at Christmas.
“Jesus keeps our feet on the ground, attentive to children, in conversation with ordinary people, sharing meals with friends and strangers, listening to the wind, observing the wildflowers, touching the sick and wounded, praying simply and unselfconsciously. Jesus insists that we deal with God right here and now, in the place where we find ourselves and with the people we are with. Jesus is God here and now.”
– Eugene Peterson