Advent: Wait Training, Blog, Week 4: Samuel
As we have already seen, Advent turns time on its head; Advent heaves ordinary expectations upside down. We begin Advent with an anticipation of the end and end Advent with an expectation of fresh beginnings. The First Sunday of Advent follows hard on the heels of...
Advent: Wait Training, Blog, Week 3: John
John 1:6-8, 19-28 “I’m not the Christ.”…”Are you Elijah?””I’m not.”…”Are you the prophet?””No.”(John 1:20-21, CEB, emphasis added.) We sometimes need someone else’s clarity and...
Advent: Wait Training, Blog, Week 2: Mark
“A voice coxing, ‘Y’all get things ready! Y’all make it a straight street!'” (Mark 1:3) The “beginning of the good news” takes us from praying to working while we wait. We move from the silence of longing to shouts of...
