Advent: Wait Training, Blog, Week 4: Samuel
2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16 Twice I have had the privilege of dining in a Bedouin tent in a Middle Eastern desert. For one meal it is an adventure and an experience. Beyond that … The tent is patched animal skins. The constant unrelenting winds have torn holes and...
Advent: Wait Training, Blog, Week 3: John
Do you remember those old detective movies? The cops would arrest a suspect for some crime, drag him into the dark interrogation room in the police station, and then shine one bright light into his (yeah, it was always a he) face. The bright light would effectively...
Advent: Wait Training, Blog, Week 2: Mark
The readings for this second week of Advent alert us of something new about to happen. But in both the prophet Isaiah and the Gospel of Mark we go to the wilderness as part of the experience of the new thing. In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord says...
Advent: Wait Training, Blog, Week 1: Isaiah
Advent is the most difficult season of the year for me. It is dark and cold and gloomy and all about waiting. I don’t wait well. Those who work in retail don’t have to wait. Christmas starts in October or September these days. But in the church we wait. ...
