“The Patient Ferment of the Early Church,” by Alan Kreider

Patience Habitus (reflexive bodily behavior),the development of habits based upon the teachings and worship of the church Catechesis and worship,involving personal mentors and discipling The ferment of God’s invisible power, the Holy Spirit at work in each believer’s life

Advent: Saturnalia or Mithras?

Advent originally was a time of instruction, prayer, fasting and self-reflection, in preparation to be baptized in the new year.