The word advent means "expectation." What advent can do for us is create a sense of hope.

Life isn't perfect and that's the kind of world where Jesus showed up. He wasn't born in a palace on a perfect day. He was born in the middle of the night during tax season to an unwed couple in a stable or a cave in a sheep field. That was God's way of showing us that nothing is perfect. Life is chaotic. It's messy. That's what Jesus was stepping into.

Passion is the degree of difficulty we are willing to endure to accomplish the goal.

There is a direct correlation between your appreciation of what Christ has done for you and the expression of worship

Simply by our proximity to Jesus, we can bring hope and life to people and places trapped in discouragement and despair.

If there's a perfect family out there, we're all happy for that family. But most families aren't perfect. Most families are living with some sort of challenge or some sort of difficulty.

Sin has a way of shrinking God down and puffing ourselves up.