In the fourth week of Advent, Jacob’s place in Jesus’s lineage mirrors the unseen faithfulness of families rebuilding from displacement. This reflection invites us to notice how love endures through ordinary lives that carry hope forward into the next generation.
In this third week of Advent, Jotham’s leadership and Marie’s story from DR Congo reveal how joy grows through resilience. This reflection invites us to see joy as the quiet strength that helps communities stand again.
In the second week of Advent, we see Ruth standing at a crossroads between safety and faith, choosing loyalty over certainty. Her story invites us to see how peace is formed through courage, commitment, and God moving in unfamiliar places.
In this first week of Advent, Abraham’s story invites us to encounter hope—to practice the courage to leave behind what’s familiar and trust God in uncertain places.
Amid unimaginable loss, Rebecca Rosengren shares how St. Lucia’s story—and her new children’s book—brought light to the darkness.
Two Chicago churches come together to celebrate peace, hope, joy, and love with migrants spending their first Christmas in the US.
Artwork expressing the hope, peace, joy, and love of the season fills the windows of Wilson Abbey creating the largest Advent calendar in Chicago.
In the spirit of the top 40 format, here is a playlist to shake up your holiday listening.
How the story of Joseph helps me find peace in spaces of trauma-filled waiting.
Tracy Hilts shares why she savors the waiting season of Advent
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