There are some in the Christian circles who no longer believe they need to belong to a local church. Either they are mistaken or they have been hurt by a local church. Similarly just because I had a lousy Physics teacher before does not mean that Physics is not relevant subject in my life.
Epiphany (in Greek means “manifestation”), or the 12th day of Christmas, falls on January 6 and marks the official end to the festive season for many Christians.
Today is Ash Wednesday – welcoming the Christian season of Lent. The Lent (meaning “spring” in Anglo-Saxon) is a 40-day period (40 days not counting Sundays) where Many Christians (if not all) observe Lent as a period of fasting, abstinence, repentance, self-denial, and spiritual discipline. It ends on the Holy Saturday, the day before Easter Sunday.
The spirit of Christmas is about giving not so much about receiving as the commercial world would want children to believe in. It is about thinking of others and not self-centred thoughts. God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son.
We have passed the half mark of the Christian season of Advent. Adventus in Latin means arrival or coming. Lighting up each candle as each Advent Sunday comes along.
The season of Advent is a time for Christians to prepare themselves to receiving Jesus Christ, the gift from the Heavenly Father. Let's learn to be a grateful family ...giving thanks to our Heavenly Father.