tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post1993149893875085794..comments2023-11-20T10:17:40.928+00:00Comments on Good in Parts: Losing our grip on Advent?Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09171138485811816831noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-15667025675801802832007-12-03T02:16:00.000+00:002007-12-03T02:16:00.000+00:00Advent once stretched from November 11th (St Marti...Advent once stretched from November 11th (St Martin) to Christmas Eve....hence the introduction of Kingdom Season in CCP to regain a sense of this extended period. We would just be regaining what we once lost if we started Advent earlier and then had the space to move towards Christmas in the second part of Advent.....Freedom Boundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17846313152590496452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-10888746591085199582007-11-30T23:23:00.000+00:002007-11-30T23:23:00.000+00:00My thing is that many people don't come to church ...My thing is that many people don't come to church during Christmastide--once Christmas Eve is over their off on trips, recovering from Christmas excess, etc. So when we finally do get around to singing Christmas carols and preaching about Incarnation, no one is around.Karen Sapiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01952041607368514856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-52760535852383007962007-11-30T20:41:00.000+00:002007-11-30T20:41:00.000+00:00Oddly, my atheist/agnostic, anti-church parents ke...Oddly, my atheist/agnostic, anti-church parents kept Advent most religiously by lighting the candles on the homemade Advent wreath each Sunday while listening to a recording of carols from the cathedral(Dom)in Hamburg. Perhaps it was they who unwittingly sowed the original seeds of my faith as a result.<BR/><BR/>So Advent is the most special time of year for me, but as my own family haven't been so keen on celebrating it I tend to keep it in mostly private ways that have developed along with my faith.<BR/><BR/>However, my son is looking forward to the Pfeffernuesse, without which there can be no real Christmas, let alone Advent, apparently.<BR/><BR/>I've been asked to help out with a Christmas crafts activity at my church for the local children, so was thinking of a Jesse tree and using the theme of waiting and anticipation for presents etc as well as for a special person from God. Any tips from those with experience of this appreciated.Karinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03742282701625568386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-51598128035882435002007-11-30T15:19:00.000+00:002007-11-30T15:19:00.000+00:00-it's lonely up on the moral high ground!like your...-it's lonely up on the moral high ground!<BR/><BR/><BR/>like your idea of adjusting the church calander a bit ... Marcella you could wear purple at the end of Kingdom Tide (or whatever you call it) and then gold during Advent becasue we are celebrating something wonderful.<BR/><BR/>This Sunday - Advent Sunday - is a huge thing here in Finland - most go to church and there are heaps of concerts etc about the anticpation of the arrival - but it's straight into Christmas after that :)seethroughfaithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15041055467020894063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-84542805834183473212007-11-29T21:44:00.000+00:002007-11-29T21:44:00.000+00:00I never quite know whether MY memories of "the goo...I never quite know whether MY memories of "the good old days" coming as they do from someone who went to a catholic school and had an anglo-catholic priest, are at all similar to those of others for example my mother who would probably have thought Advent carols were "awfully high". I think on the whole I'm going to try to go for keeping Advent when it is. After all if changing it means we can't wear purple all month then I'm really stuffed.Fiona Marcellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07985022521354870620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-64760515621571240112007-11-29T21:20:00.000+00:002007-11-29T21:20:00.000+00:00You're right, of course. The church has lost the l...You're right, of course. The church has lost the link with popular culture - and rather a long time ago at that.<BR/><BR/>Then again, given my background, Advent was never on my radar either - and isn't really so much now.<BR/><BR/>But on a different tack - if you haven't yet got a copy of Steve Croft's wonderful book <I>"The Advent Calendar"</I> go out and get one, fast! You will not be disappointed.Dr Moosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027877685848693649noreply@blogger.com