For many, Christmas celebrations follow the four main themes of Advent: hope, peace, joy, and love. Subscribe to have The Washington Times’ Higher Ground delivered to your inbox every Sunday.

The church calendar is not amiss on this important occasion. "Each week of Advent focuses on a different theme — hope, peace, joy, and love.

But some traditions give the candles an extra layer symbolism, each representing a theme: Hope, peace, joy and love. Our world is beset by brutal wars in Gaza and Ukraine.

The birth of Jesus at Christmas is all about hope, peace, joy and love, writes Lauren Green of Fox News this holiday season — here's why this matters and the origin stories of each.

Advent This Advent, Jesus Christ 'is the only hope we have for peace,' says expert on religious freedom Faith leaders reveal why 'the hope of God is what we need in America in 2023' ...

It seems to me that what we could use in this world is hope, peace, love, and joy. The four things that we celebrate during the season of Advent. Four things that our world is in desperate need of.

Dec. 2—Advent — the four weeks before Christmas — evokes a lot of feelings from different people: anticipation, expectation, preparation or peace, joy, hope and love. But essentially, it's ...

Advent hope and love, then, are intimately interwoven. Advent love gratefully affirms the possibility of full being that God offers us, a gift signaled by the birth of the Christ-child.

At Advent, a welcome silence Inspired by the courage and faith of the Syrian people, Tarabeh said hope is "a choice to believe in God's faithfulness. … Their lives reflect the peace and joy that ...

May you be blessed with a sense of peace and calm; may the season of hope and light bring upon you the confidence and courage to seek out peace when others choose to look for a battle; may what you ...

Advent is a time for Christians to prepare and embrace “the reason for the season.” For many Christians, Advent is a time to look toward the celebration of the second coming of Christ.

This second week of Advent brings to us "the peace of God," allowing us "to look at others through heaven's eyes and allows us to trust in God's promises (Proverbs 3:5) through restful, tranquil ...