Hey guys, welcome back to the Encounter Now podcast. My name is Chelsea. If you're new here, I'm one of the hosts

here on the Encounterer podcast with my husband. It's just us chatting today. This is a little bit of a

shorter episode. We're going to reflect on Advent and kind of define what Advent really even is for those

of you guys who don't know. And why the season is so important and what the true

meaning is and why we should not necessarily like lean into the whole worldly perspective

of Christmas.

And we're just excited to talk about it.

So without further ado, let's go ahead and get in.

Okay. So without further ado, let's go ahead and get in. Hey guys, welcome into this week's episode of the podcast.

Really thrilled to be back with you again.

Full disclosure, as you can probably already see, this episode will be a bit shorter.

I know, so sad.

But we will be back next week with another full-length episode.

And we're intentionally making this one a bit shorter just because we want you to actually

get the message, get it quick, and then go and act on it.

And I think today's podcast is really one that we can all apply to our life in a very

significant way, especially during this season.

So this podcast will come out on December 9th.

I don't know when you'll listen to this, but I think it can apply for this entire Christmas season as we lean

into it. And that is something that the church, they do talk about, but we don't talk about it as

much today. And that is like, what is Advent? And it's a very significant event in the life of the church. It came to be really around

like the fourth and fifth century. And I personally think it's really, really important. And really what

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