ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS
November 27, 2022
Thanksgiving leftovers are still available in the refrigerator, yet today is the first Sunday of Advent. Today is the beginning of this amazing four-week journey to Christmas Day. It is not simply about making sure all the gifts are purchased and wrapped well. It is more than checking all the lights on the tree to see if they are brightly shining. It is a time to make sure the gift of God is front and center in our lives, and the lights of hope, peace, joy and love are shining brightly within us. It sounds a little syrupy sweet, yet is there any better time in the year for us to get a bit more childlike, allowing our imagination to be caught up in the creative and visionary Spirit of God? I hope to see you in worship this morning, but if you cannot make it in person, I hope you’ll join us online.
There is something magical about this time of the year, Gracious God, and its surprising and breath-taking power is rooted in the story of your love enfleshed in a child. Let us enjoy the story, even allowing ourselves to be caught up in its capacity to inspire us to live the love born in a manger. Amen.
