This is the second installment of “Life in the Church Year,” a series by Dr. Kristen Einertson and Tessa Muench of All the Household. This series will provide guidance for living out the seasons of the Church Year at home with your families. Find month-by-month lists of Lutheran feasts, festivals and commemorations here. The month of February can feel dull and drab after much of the merriment of Christmas and Epiphany has passed. Winding down from a season of festivity and anticipating a ...| The Lutheran Witness
I realize that few people truly celebrate Groundhog Day, but I absolutely LOVE it! Did you know that Groundhog Day was actually Candlemas? Candlemas is a Christian holiday which celebrates one of the earliest events in the life of Jesus Christ ~ his presentation at the Temple 40 days after his birth. This was also the time that Mary was "ritual purification". Jesus was presented to Simeon. The significance of the presentation to Simeon in particular is that it was prophesied that Si...| Trendz and Traditionz