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It is in some traditions of Lenten practice that the Sunday is seen as a break or a sabbath from some of the intentional practices and disciplines that you may have utilized over the previous six days.

Maybe this is not a bad practice for Advent, too.

Here are some ways in which you can be helped to do that with this theme:

Light a candle (or light as many candles as you can find—be generous, be extravagant!

The very simple act of lighting a candle is not only something that many churches do on “Advent Sundays”, but it is also a way for you to personally pause, take stock, and review what God has been saying to you this week.

What action, reading, prayer, or question has deepened you most?

Laughter

Find a video clip that induces laughter. If you search "Happiness starts with a smile" on YouTube we think you will find something that will work.

What does it mean to lead an infectious, unabandoned life among the people that God has placed around you? 

Consider

Have you experienced the utter joy of God’s plan lately? We need to let go of the need to be serious all the time. We clench our hands and remember our desperate need to get everything right—to be the exact right person—our religious tendencies. We release all of this to the generous nature of a joy-filled God who invites, who gives, who announces, and who fills.