Adventures in Adventing
Conversions, the rebirth of Notre Dame, book deadlines, the coming Golden Age, and miracles.
Here we are in the third week of advent already and friends, I have a confession to make: I have not been doing much official adventing.
Advent, the month before Christmas, is about preparing for the coming of Christ on Christmas Day. You’re supposed to be in a state of quiet waiting, praying, and reflecting. It’s like a mini Lent. Some families I know don’t put up a single decoration until Christmas. They decorate the tree on the Christmas Eve!
Instead, like most of you, I have been storming the internet, shopping for the kids, putting up lights, working, and sweating out these last few days of Democrat disco. Despite the stress, I am in a pretty steady state of ebullience since the election. Hard to believe, but we are finally on the other side of a election I was dreading and praying about and somehow we popped out on top with the big prize.
I’ll never get over it.
Oh, and I’m supposed to turn in my new book manuscript on, uh, Janu…
