For Your Weekend: Set the Advent Alarm

Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read Mark 13:33–37

The snooze button: the archnemesis of my early morning marathon training. 

In order to get the most out of the morning hours before my husband and children got up and the most miles in before the demands of everyday life set in, my daily alarm was set to 4:30 a.m. 

I know. It’s ridiculously early. I don’t know if it was more my anxiety or anticipation of what was to come or my body just getting accustomed to that early hour, but more often than...