Advent Archives | Stand Firm

It’s Advent. Prepare for … Opposition

by Mark Marshall | Dec 7, 2022 | Advent, Christmas, Oppression, U.S. Politics

Amidst all the hurrying and scurrying and merchandising of December, it is too easy to forget that Advent should be about preparing for the Second Advent of Christ along with preparing to celebrate rightly His First Advent at Christmas. A message that we forget even...

Five Crazy Things for Friday

by Anne Kennedy | Nov 18, 2022 | Advent, Anglicans, Church Year, Garden-Variety Malaise

Oh well, another week went by and I didn’t blog. It seems I have reached that stage of life where all I do is make promises and then don’t keep them. I should have gone into politics, having already developed all the necessary habits. Still, it’s Friday, so I can...

By the Strength of His own Arm

by Anne Kennedy | Dec 19, 2021 | Abortion, Advent, Anglicans, Apostasy, Biblical Illiteracy, Episcopalians, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus, The Gospel

Because of the people I follow on Twitter, I came across this tweet about the same time I began scrolling through this morning’s lections: For Advent, I wish people don’t use the Visitation Story to justify anti-choice rhetoric and theology. Mary and...

#81: The Once and Future King: Advent, The End Times, and the Arrival of God

by Nick Lannon | Dec 17, 2021 | Advent, Eschatology, Jesus, Podcast

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss the importance and meaning of Advent, talk about what true repentance is, and review some of the different theories about the second coming of Christ. Need more Stand Firm? Subscribe to the pod on...

#31: Blood, Sweat, and Tears: The Incarnation Conversation

by Matt Kennedy | Dec 18, 2020 | Advent, Christmas, History, Jesus, Podcast

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Jady and Nick discuss the different ways people have tried to make sense of the Incarnation, God come to Earth in Jesus Christ. Who was Jesus, and who must he be to be Good News for us? Want to join the conversation or...

Before You Called

by Anne Kennedy | Dec 13, 2020 | Advent, Anglicans, Church Year, Coronavirus, Eschatology, Go to Church

Yesterday we were finally able to have a service for, as I’ve been calling her, our Essential Person—Kay—the grandmother type who was so central to all our day to day happiness for the first fifteen years of our being here. I was worried we wouldn’t be able to meet...