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While the Dictionary.com definition of “superhero” is “a figure, especially in a comic strip or cartoon, endowed with superhuman powers and usually portrayed as fighting evil or crime”, the longstanding Merriam-Webster dictionary gives the definition as “a fictional hero having extraordinary or superhuman powers; also: …

Advent is a season of the liturgical year observed in many Christian churches as a time of expectant waiting and preparation for both the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas and the return of Jesus at the Second Coming. Advent is the beginning of the Western liturgical year.

A simple way to illustrate the picture of the Light of the world coming into darkness is through candles. Set up a simple centerpiece with 5 candles on a table.

The first Sunday of the month (or maybe even on November 30th this year), sit together as a family at the table with the candles in the center. Do not light any candles but sit in the dark. Talk to your kids about how the world was dark and without hope before Christ came.

The second Sunday, light one candle. Then each following Sunday, light one more candle. As you light more candles, the light becomes brighter, hope is getting nearer. On Christmas light every candle and talk about Christ’s birth and coming as the Light of the world. (Read Isaiah 9:2, John 8:12)

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