This year’s personal Advent theme seems to be one of finding a way to be still.  Quiet.  To take the time to rest in God.  It’s not easy any time of the year, but THIS time of year? It’s quite the challenge.  As the days swiftly pass (and this isn’t your imagination, it’s the gradually shortening amount of daylight that seems to aid the perception of time just whizzing by), the period of Advent can be a time where we simply get caught up in the whirlwind around us.  Or, if you like a visual, imagine a giant snowball rolling down a very long snow-covered hill, right at you.  You…

I closed my eyes for just a second … the briefest of moments … and then when I opened them again I realized that somehow the season of Advent had begun.  OK, so I wasn’t actually THAT unprepared, but it certainly feels as if the season suddenly appeared.  Wasn’t it JUST Halloween? And Thanksgiving?  And here we are … The irony is that this sensation is exactly what I wanted to blog about.  Of course, I meant to type away on this topic a few days ago, but I closed my eyes for just a second … 😉 Advent is a time of preparation.  Just like Lent prepares us for…