Readers Write: Scattered
We asked readers to submit brief reflections on words associated with Advent. Here is a response on the word “scattered.”
Faith in the in-between
As the Christmas season approaches, let us not forget the 400 years of waiting that the nation of Israel found themselves in, between the book of Malachi and the advent of Christ in Matthew. Just like the Israelites awaited a promise, we too await promises in our lives.
Readers Write: Ponder
We asked readers to submit brief reflections on words associated with Advent. Below are two responses on the word “ponder.”
A time to ponder
How can we slow ourselves down and draw things out enough to reflect on the meaning of Christmas, when the season seems to be even more sped up than usual?
“Singing the (Advent) Jailhouse Blues”
The gospel plays out in a world well acquainted with the jailhouse blues, yet the Resurrection beckons with a different song, soaring above our longings and our loathing, above our angst in life and our cries in the night.
Good shall overcome
In God’s world and in God’s time, the darkness shall not overcome the light and good shall overcome some day. And so, we continue to sing with gusto our faith that “We shall overcome some day.”