Category Archives: Advent

The Light

Posted on December 21, 2006 by Darrell Pursiful

Beautiful set of Advent meditations from Singing Owl, a pastor e-friend of mine: Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V Share this: Digg this postRecommend on FacebookTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this postTell a friend

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Posada Chainblog

Posted on December 10, 2006 by Darrell Pursiful

Dichosa la casa Que alberga este d?ɬ?a A la virgen pura La hermosa Mar?ɬ?a (Happy is the house That this day hosts The pure virgin The beautiful Mary) Welcome to the next stop in the Advent posada chainblog. Yesterday the … Continue reading →

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It's Advent: No Carping Allowed

Posted on December 4, 2006 by Darrell Pursiful

Of course, the rules of engagement in the War on Christmas would presumably forbid negativity at any rate. There is, after all, a difference between holding ourselves as Christians to a higher standard and refusing to share Jesus with the … Continue reading →

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An Advent Hymn

Posted on December 4, 2006 by Darrell Pursiful

Well, there may be a few more tweaks as I experiment with different Greek Unicode fonts, but it looks like at least everyone can read the following: ?鬆?é¬ø?°¬ø¬¶ ?°¬º¬ê?è?í?è‚Äû?é¬??é¬? ?°¬?¬Å ?è‚Äû?鬵?è‚Ä°?é¬??鬵?°¬?¬??è‚Äö ?é¬??鬱?è?í?é¬??鬪?鬵?°¬?¬??è‚Äö ?è‚Äû?°¬ø¬??é¬? ?°¬º¬??é¬ø?è‚Ķ?鬥?鬱?°¬?¬??è‚Ä??é¬??ç¬æ ?鬵?°¬º¬¥?鬥?é¬ø?鬺?鬵?é¬? ?é¬??°¬?¬??è¬Å ?鬱?°¬?¬ê?è‚Äû?é¬ø?°¬ø¬¶ ?è‚Äû?°¬?¬??é¬? ?°¬º‚Ǩ?è?í?è‚Äû?°¬?¬??è¬Å?鬱 ?°¬º¬ê?é¬? … Continue reading →

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A Cyber-Posada

Posted on November 27, 2006 by Darrell Pursiful

A posada is a Latin American tradition of re-enacting Joseph and Mary’s search for a place to stay in Bethlehem. It is sometimes enacted with clay figures. Sometimes it is done as a sort of Christmas trick-or-treating. Anyway, Andii at … Continue reading →

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That's What I'm Talkin' About

Posted on November 26, 2006 by Darrell Pursiful

Though not quite as militant as Kyle, here is somebody else who understands what is at stake when we trade the birthright of Christmas for the mess of secular pottage our culture is selling us. From Rediscovering Advent: Those who … Continue reading →

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9.5 Curmudgeonly Christmas Theses

Posted on November 21, 2006 by Darrell Pursiful

Kyle has once again declared War on Christmas. Joshua gets it, and has joined the fight. (What is it with those Georgetonians?) In honor of the occasion, here are some theses for your consideration. Since I’m at best only a … Continue reading →

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