Come Down: Advent, Week One
ad·vent (ād’věnt’) n. 1. a coming into place, view, or being; arrival: the advent of the holiday season. 2. (usually initial capital letter) the coming of Christ into the world.
3. (initial capital letter) the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas, observed in commemoration of the coming of Christ into the world. 4. second coming.
This Sunday, I have been given the opportunitiy to launch our congregation into the Advent season. Well, in reality, I’ll be kicking off Advent on Wednesday at WNL as we begin our four-week Advent Conspiracy series.
As I’ve been looking at Scriptures for both Sunday and Wednesday, I’ve found myself wondering what other people think of the Advent season. What does Advent mean to you? If you’re a Christian, it might mean one thing. If you’re not a Christian, it might not mean much of any thing to you. But, I would be interested to find out what your thoughts are on this subject.
For me, it means gloating and chuckling over the pain of a Chargers fan I work with. Hah! Hah! HeHe! Yes! The tears of human misery!
Sincerely,
Fartacus
Comment by It's me again — November 25, 2008 @ 1:00 am
Mr. Fartacus,
Why am I not surprised that you can make Advent about football. Technically, I guess we could apply your definition as the “advent of Colts football.” They have re-awakened…experienced a bit of a second coming…hopefully one that will continue through the rest of the season. But, I do find it rather lame that you choose to wait until the Colts have won 4 games in a row to start the trash talking. Don’t get me wrong…I’m a Colts fan. I just think we tend to only start smack talking when things are looking up.
By the way, are you still in the witness protection program?
Comment by jasonmorris — November 25, 2008 @ 1:42 pm
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence my fine, feathered friend. I would have thought they would have taught you that at Mason Jar U. Wait, scratch that last remark, as Jar State is apparently undefeated. Can I get a fact checker to look at that one? It doesn’t sound right.
Anyway, rest assured that I have been gloating my ass off for all these wins. It has been the Colts revenge tour recently: avenged loss last year to Pats-check; avenged loss in 06 to Pittsburgh; avenged loss of undefeated season, loss on a missed 29 yard FG, and loss in playoffs to San Doggy. And let us not forget adding a little insult to injury with the poor Houston Texans.
Yep, I’ve been quite loud and annoying. Hopefully, you have been doing the same.
Finally, I would like to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. Pass this on as well to my fellow blog-commenter, “Mom,” whoever that is. This “Mom” apparently thinks that Sammie is quite cute also. Almost as if she has some sort of familial relationship with the girl… Hmm. Well, I can’t solve this mystery now, as I have all my mental powers devoted to Colts Football. I’ll try again after they hoist the Lombardi trophy in February.
Regards,
Fartacus
Comment by Fartacus — November 25, 2008 @ 10:12 pm
Advent is a time of focus. Centering in on the true gift of the season and fighting the urge to overly participate in commericalized comsumption.
Comment by Robdon — November 26, 2008 @ 11:00 am