Merry Christmas! Today, I'm re-airing a favorite episode featuring my friend Haley Stewart. Christmastide is a season of festivity—carols, parties, decorations, and food. But do we understand the real meaning of festivity and its divine origins? In this conversation, Haley offers us a Christian understanding of festivity that begins and ends with who God is and what He's done.

Show Notes:

Mouse Nuns series by Haley Stewart and Elizabeth Wallin: 

The Pursuit of the Pilfered Cheese  

The Curious Christmas Trail 

Strange Sound by the Sea 

”The Sham Practice of Christmas” by Haley Stewart 

Advent Resources from the Strong Women podcast: 

In Tune with the World, a Theory of Festivity by Joseph Pieper 

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 

The Reed of God by Caryll Houselander 

Advent Hymns: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, O Come Divine Messiah, People, Look East, Handel's Messiah 

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson 

Silas Marner by George Eliot 

Lord of the World by Robert Hugh Benson 

Works of Mercy by Sally Thomas 

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