The Christian season of Advent promises light at the end of a period of darkness. In a time of war and devastating, draining natural disasters, it's high time for a bit of hope.

Charlotte Dillion of Aurora leads worship at New Hope Advent Christian Church, a new church in Aurora. Since April 2023, the church has been holding Sunday gatherings at a westside home.

Hope inspires and encourages when strength begins to fail. We are in “now and not yet” circumstances, the dark time before the dawn. We know what’s right, but wrongs keep happening.

Christmas is coming, but it is not yet.Commercially, of course, this year's Christmas season is already long in the tooth. But if you are a Christian in a tradition which keeps the full Western ...