For these past many years (at least 5 or 6 of them), each Advent I have carefully followed a discipline of reading and prayer. But in this year when everything has been changed (really, aren't they all that way), I have decided to follow a different kind of devotional practice.  Instead of reading someone else's reflection, I am going to create my own reflections for the season. This is a little bit like the time that I entered into an unholy blog-post-a-day-for-thirty-days pact with a couple of pastors.  I find myself in the place where I need to get my writing and reflecting juices flowing, flowing like a great big…