I just watched this from Phil always-wise-and-interesting Togwell's blog. I love it! The accent! The observations on what makes a bad man! The embellishments on motivation! It's beautiful. I recommend that you hit play, it's not long.
This morning my advent reading was about the men who built their houses on rock and sand and the affects of a storm on their homes. The writer then commented, "The decoration [of a house] is what shows; the heart of the house is invisible... Advent is a time for checking below the surface, examining the foundation of our belief system." I'm reading the right guide because this is exactly what I want to do this month. I'm conducting a Christmas clean of my heart, habits and motivations and cultivating new holy habits to keep me close... xc