tearfund have a nifty advent calendar online

sue has posted 5 remixed carols onto her music pages that you can also order on CD

steve has unearthed some tracey emin christmas paper with the words remember easter is not just for christmas it’s for life

a bunch of bloggers have got together to run an advent blog

and the cartoon blog has a daily cartoon for advent

beyond flatland makes the first use of walking through the wardrobe i have seen (though is suspect it’s an idea that will be used quite a bit with narnia hitting the cinemas today) as a ritual in an advent service into the unknown

and i love this simple prayer bright god of advent willzhead copied from a christmas card and am making it worship trick 50

Bright God of Advent:
Blaze in our darkness.
Incinerate our iniquity.
Light up  our road.

Riddle the ashes
of our desires.
Rekindle in us
your justice and love.

Ruth Burgess

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