Gretchen’s Article on Advent — the season, not the child.
I love Advent. I mean, clearly – I love it enough to name my child after it – Addi is short for Advent. Advent is my favorite season of the church year, hands down. The name Advent shares the Latin root adventus meaning “a coming, approach, or arrival.” It’s part of the word “adventure” – which I love! Advent is the four Sundays before Christmas Day – not just the first 24 days of December. In a way, Advent wreaths … Continued