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Holding Hope for a New Year

by The Allender Center

We may be at the start of a new year, but that does not mean we leave all of what transpired in 2020 behind—this season...

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How to Remember a Year

by The Allender Center

How do we remember a year well, particularly a year that many of us may not want to look back and reflect upon? What is...

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The Heavenly Host

by Becky Allender

I have mixed emotions about Christmas. I used to go “all out” when our children were young. I would scare our family by shrieking when...

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Illuminate: An Advent Poem

by Brittany Deininger

As the mystery of Advent and the frenzy of the holidays culminate in this day, the day we celebrate God’s embodiment in our midst, may...

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The Undoing of Advent

by Rebekah Vickery

Last week, I sat on the floor with a piece of paper torn from my sketchpad and paint bottles scattered around me. I felt drawn...

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Living into the Tension of Advent: Rev. Michael S. Chen

by The Allender Center

In the final episode about what it means to enter the Advent season at such a time as this, Rachael Clinton Chen invites her husband,...

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Living into the Tension of Advent: Cole Arthur Riley

by The Allender Center

Continuing a series of conversations about how we are to live into the tension of Advent in this season, Rachael talks with Cole Arthur Riley—writer,...

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Living into the Tension of Advent: Dr. J. Derek McNeil and Kate Davis

by The Allender Center

“How shall we live into this Advent season at such a time as this?” Each year, the season of Advent invites us to lean into...

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Holding the Tension of Grief, Gratitude, and Grace

by The Allender Center

Though we are just now emerging from the season of Thanksgiving, tomorrow marks the first Sunday in Advent. We hold much gratitude, grief, and tension...

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Engaging Grief and Gratitude

by The Allender Center

This season of Thanksgiving looks quite different than previous years, many of us not gathering with families and loved ones around a table. Acknowledging this...

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