12/15/20 12/15/20

On Our Neighbor and Choosing Joy

This year we lit our Advent candles, we read about “good news of great joy,” in the midst of record numbers of pandemic-related deaths. With hospitals filled to bursting and with the circle of “cases” growing closer and closer to us, we read about the choice to be okay even when things weren’t okay.

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12/8/20 12/8/20

Advent 2 // Faith Is Nothing And All

Faith in this season of Advent is about sitting ready for the possibility of the Divine around every corner, every day.

And when the sun rises and sets without a hint of something “beyond,” we rest our heads knowing that the Divine has space enough in the next day to arrive & surprise us. That is faith.

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12/1/20 12/1/20

Advent 1 // What Is Hope Anyway?

In Advent, we look forward in future hope but that hope is empty and laughable without taking stock of the present.

Where are we suffering?
What is the reality of our disinformation culture and how have we fallen headfirst into it?
Where is the center of our faith at this point in time?
How are we currently struggling with our theology, community, partner, or our inner world?

Without taking these things into consideration, we have no energy for hope at all.

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