First Sunday of Advent: Hope

Join Us this week as we welcome the season of advent !

“You are all people who belong to the light and to the day. We do not belong to the night or to darkness.” 1 Thessalonians 5:5 

Welcome to the season of Advent. A time of waiting. Oh no, waiting? We are so impatient with waiting. The red light is too long, our kid is taking forever as we wait in the pick-up line at school, all the grocery lines are long, good grief is that person buying enough food for the whole neighborhood? Waiting is something that we are not likely to enjoy. Nevertheless, this season calls for us to actively wait and prepare for Jesus to be born, for the Life-Light to blaze out of the darkness to bring hope to a weary world. For this time of waiting, we prepare by transforming our time of worship to deep listening in the dark, sharing our heart with God in confession, hymns that yearn for the promise to come, prayer with new words rather than the ones we have memorized. It is all an invitation to awaken, rise and meet the transcendent light that brings hope, peace, joy and love. God is coming, let us prepare our hearts and wait.