Christmas
Sharing in the Creativity of Christmas
Many of us are inspired to create during the Christmas season – perhaps through hanging up decorations, baking treats and meals to share, or dreaming...
ListenThe Presence of the Incarnation with Alexander John Shaia
This week on the podcast, Dr. Dan Allender is joined by author, speaker, and clinical psychologist Dr. Alexander John Shaia to engage the incarnation, the...
ListenThe Revolution in Mary’s Magnificat
As we enter the Advent season, Dan and Rachael reflect upon Mary’s Magnificat with theologian Dr. Chelle Stearns from the Seattle School of Theology &...
ListenThe Heavenly Host
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...
ReadThe Undoing of Advent
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...
ReadLiving into the Tension of Advent: Rev. Michael S. Chen
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,...
ListenLiving into the Tension of Advent: Cole Arthur Riley
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,...
ListenLiving into the Tension of Advent: Dr. J. Derek McNeil and Kate Davis
“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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