{"id":7980,"date":"2023-05-04T16:00:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cookingthechristianyear.com\/?page_id=7980"},"modified":"2023-05-05T19:24:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T19:24:56","slug":"advent-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cookingthechristianyear.com\/index.php\/advent-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Advent 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7980\" class=\"elementor elementor-7980\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5745c084 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5745c084\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a23c22\" data-id=\"a23c22\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78593a65 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"78593a65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.2 - 23-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cookingthechristianyear.com\">Cooking Through the Christian Year<\/a><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-528eca7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"528eca7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cookingthechristianyear.com\/index.php\/early-winter\/\">Early Winter<\/a><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-17fe8460 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"17fe8460\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3323087b\" data-id=\"3323087b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97b5d41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"97b5d41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.12.2 - 23-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size\"><strong>ABOUT THE ART<\/strong><\/p><p>Browne, Hablot Knight. &#8220;Boy Baking Bread.&#8221; Watercolor, with touches of blue and pink gouache, heightened with white gouache, over graphite, on cream wove card. England, 1835\u20131882. 18.2 \u00d7 14 cm (7 3\/16 \u00d7 5 9\/16 in.). Gift of Mrs. James Ward Thorne. Art Institute of Chicago, Reference Number 1940.894.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5451ace5\" data-id=\"5451ace5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-263f0cb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"263f0cb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #4999d4;\"><strong>1st Sunday of Advent<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e742892 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e742892\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Christian Year begins at the end. Maybe it is good to have the end in mind when we start anything new. The Christian calendar begins with longing for the coming of Christ. We long for Christ to come in fullness and bring healing to all of the world\u2019s brokenness. We long for all of creation to finally find its eternal purpose and promise in God.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hymns during the beginning of Advent express hope for the future and help us practice active waiting. One of the great hymns is Charles Wesley\u2019s &#8220;Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus&#8221;:<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born to set Thy people free;<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From our fears and sins release us,<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let us find our rest in Thee.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Israel\u2019s strength and consolation,<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hope of all the earth Thou art;<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dear desire of every nation,<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joy of every longing heart.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is this joyful longing that marks all of Advent.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The only logical place to begin this culinary journey through holy time is with bread. Our favorite is the most basic recipe: water, flour, yeast, and salt. From these few ingredients comes the most aromatic and amazing French bread. There is something almost mystical about how yeast activates these humble ingredients into a food that is the basis of human civilization. Bread is humble, but it is also holy.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jesus, on the night in which he was betrayed, took bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, \u201cThis is my body broken for you.\u201d Since those days, disciples of Jesus from all times and places have seen sharing bread as a way of sharing Christ. Bread shared among friends is always a holy experience, and Christ is never far away.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bread is the perfect food for Advent because of its transformative nature. What comes out of the process is nothing like what goes into it. The fermentation process causes an almost mystical transformation to the dough. The most important part of the recipe is not completed by the baker, but by an unseen and mysterious process. It is no wonder that Jesus said in Matthew 13 that the Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast that a woman secretly hides in dough\u2014just a little leavens the whole loaf.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we make bread throughout the year, and you will note that many of the ways Christians of old commemorated holy days was by baking special breads, let each recipe be a sign that even though we do our part, we add our ingredients, but it is God who does all the real work. It is God who will bring healing to our world. There is holy leaven hidden all over the world, and Christ will come, and the whole cosmos will rise in mystical overabundance.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-286f94ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"286f94ab\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d3e15d3\" data-id=\"4d3e15d3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-356902cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-wpzoom-elementor-addons-image-box\" data-id=\"356902cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wpzoom-elementor-addons-image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpzoom-elementor-addons-image-box\">\n\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wpzoom-elementor-addons-image-box-link not-linked has-image\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/cookingthechristianyear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PlaceholderPicture-scaled.jpg');\"><span><strong>Recipe Coming Soon<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- \/\/.wpzoom-elementor-addons-image-box -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cooking Through the Christian Year Early Winter ABOUT THE ART Browne, Hablot Knight. &#8220;Boy Baking Bread.&#8221; Watercolor, with touches of blue and pink gouache, heightened with white gouache, over graphite, on cream wove card. 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