Everything You Know About Christmas is Wrong (Kind of)
How well do you know the details of the Christmas story? Time to separate the fact from the fiction, the donkeys from the kings, the innkeepers from the… well, non-inn keepers.
Help Wanted: Learning About Holiness From Baby Jesus
Do you know what really bugs me about Advent? Or rather, the way people approach Advent? Everyone skips to the end.
Advent Wallpaper
A brand new Life Teen Advent wallpaper for your desktop and phone – “Prepare the Way of the Lord” – designed by Joe Sanchez.
The One Thing I’m Doing This Advent
To encounter people seems to be more than just acknowledging people passing by. It’s something bigger than just waving at people or smiling at them…
How to Have an Amazing Advent
This might sound kind of terrible, but I used to think Advent was somewhat pointless. It’s not because I don’t like Advent candles or that I’m the Grinch.
I Was a Christmas Brat
“You got me the wrong gift! That wasn’t what I wanted!” I cried.
Love Wins. Death No More.
What if we lived as though death no longer existed?
No, but really. What if we lived as though death was literally not an option for us? What if we chose to radically live in the newness of life that Jesus offers us through His Resurrection?
By living as if death no longer existed, I don’t mean living naively as though to ignore the reality of death. Living this way means viewing death on earth not as an end to life, but a new beginning, the start of an eternity in the presence of God.
When Lent Feels Joy-Less: 7 Tips to Make it Joyful
Here we are again. Lent — a season for Christians that often brings thoughts of despair, loneliness, and (sometimes unwilling) sacrifice. We focus on what we are going to give up — maybe it’s ice cream, maybe it’s Netflix, maybe it’s picking your nose in public — whatever “it” is, […]
Lent: 40 Mini-Crucifixions
Lent is a time to remember Jesus’ 40 days of temptation in the desert, to place ourselves in His shoes, and to realize that each temptation we face over these next 40 days is a dying to oneself. Each temptation is a mini crucifixion that, although painful, leads us one step closer to the glory of Resurrection.
