The first Advent wreath was made in Germany in 1839. It wasn't like the ones we see today, though. That first wreath was created by a Lutheran minister named Johann Hinrich Wichern and was made ...

The Advent wreath first appeared in Germany in 1839 when a Lutheran minister working at a mission for children created a wreath of the wheel of a cart, placing 20 small red candles and four large ...

What season is it? Our lives are governed by seasons: the four seasons of weather, hunting season, baseball season, and so on. I recently saw a commercial for a cell phone company, playing off ...

interim youth director for East Bay Lutheran Youth Parish in Oakland; and vicar at Advent Lutheran Church, Westminster, Colorado. He also brings a wealth of community organizing and communications ...

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