
In the Light of Love
Love can sustain us, even if this season is also filled with sadness or memories of those who have left us.

Love can sustain us, even if this season is also filled with sadness or memories of those who have left us.

Keep my eyes on you, O Lord. Looking to the stars. Traveling with strangers and friends. Opening doors for all. Keep my eyes on you, O Lord. Jesus is born! Joy to the World!

And yet we sit by the crib of the newborn Savior of the world.

On this long, dark, winter night as we wait for the light of the world to be born consider that the light might be in you and that you might be what the world most needs.

We really could have used another whole week of Advent rather than just a few hours, but there’s still time. It would be good if we could end this Advent with a renewed enthusiasm for and dedication to causes that help lift those who have been trampled down and encourage those who have built their own mountains of gold to share with those who need it the most.

I had no idea at the time, of course, that this wonderful amalgamation of local culture into liturgy was very typical and in keeping with our theology that we make God accessible to the people by making the liturgy accessible to the people, and with its own local flavor, even in the middle of a very set liturgy.

What does it take to hope again after hope has been totally crushed? Perhaps community helps.

Later, as they trailed away for the journey home, you could still find traces of calmness in the air where they had sat and moved and had their being.

If you’re ready or not, Christmas is coming. If you believe or not, Christmas is coming.

There is no shortage of ways to find Advent, in liturgy and music, in prayer and silence, in fellowship and practice. And this year we have only eight more days to get there. So hurry up, and Wait.