The world has a lot of opinions about who you are.

Your job title. Your follower count. Your coffee order. That personality quiz that told you you’re “a golden retriever with anxiety.”

It’s a lot. And honestly? It’s exhausting.

Advent offers a better answer. And this year, our friends at Damascus are helping us hear it.

Meet True Identity

True Identity: An Advent Series by Damascus is a journey that begins right before Advent and continues all the way to the Feast of the Epiphany.

The big idea is simple and beautiful: before anything else, you are a beloved child of God.

Advent is a season of prayer and penance, not to make us feel small, but to help us more wholeheartedly embrace who we already are in Him.

Learning from Mary and Joseph

During Advent, the series explores four facets of our identity: child, sibling, spouse, and parent.

And who better to learn from than the Holy Family? Mary and Joseph show us what it looks like to recieve our identity from God instead of from the noise around us.

(Joseph doesn’t say a single word in the Gospels, by the way. Proof that you can be a great saint without winning every argument.)

Into Christmas and Epiphany

When Christmas arrives, the focus shifts to our baptismal identity.

At Baptism, we became children of God and were given a share in Christ’s mission as priest, prophet, and king. The series helps you live that reality in practical, everyday ways through the Christmas season.

Not bad for something you probably slept through as a baby.

Why you’ll love it

Damascus brings powerful prayers and meditations that feel personal, not preachy. It’s the kind of content you lisen to once and then text to three friends.

Each episode is short enough for a lunch break and deep enough to stay with you all day.

The series starts now, so this is the perfect week to jump in.

Start listening to True Identity on Tabella

Pair it with

Want to go deeper with the Holy Family this season? After Christmas, spend time with the Holy Family channel on Tabella too.

Follow and share

Follow True Identity on Tabella to get notified when each new episode is released.

Then share it with someone who needs the reminder. Your youth group, your small group, your sister who’s going through a lot.

Because everyone deserves to hear it this Advent: you are His, and that changes everything. 💜