12/22/20 12/22/20

A Christmas of Love, Hate, and We

The final week of Advent is about the arrival of that which cannot be measured in our own advancement. Though we will move and be moved, we will find our being in such a love (Acts 17), ultimately there is a single horizon in Jesus’ newly opened eyes.

To take the “us versus them” down to the bare bones. To the studs. To the foundation.

To shred the selfish ends of what we sometimes call love when we haven’t been given a proper peek at the alternative.

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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