Wait a minute… I have to confess something:

I don’t like to wait. Waiting means I have to… well… wait. And who has time to wait in this world?

We live in an instant culture—instant messages, instant photos, instant deliveries, instant responses. We track our groceries in real time because God forbid we should have to… wait.

And yet Advent arrives right in the busiest season of the year inviting us to do exactly that.

Advent is an act of resistance.

Advent is the season of preparation for the birth of Christ, observed during the four Sundays leading up to Christmas. Each week focuses on a guiding principle: hope, peace, joy, and love. It’s a time to slow down, reflect, and prepare our hearts, inviting intentional waiting into a world that tells us to rush.

These past few years have pr

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