Learning to Reconcile in a Divided World Advent has a way of finding us exactly where we are. Last week, we reflected on how Advent begins in the dark — not in our polished moments, but in the places that feel unfinished and unsettled. This second week meets us in...
THE TABLE OF HOPE Advent always begins in the dark. Isaiah names it clearly: “The people walking in darkness have seen a great light.”Darkness isn’t the backdrop we usually choose for our spiritual lives, but it’s the one God chooses repeatedly for His. Advent doesn’t...
Every November, something unusual happens inside us. Life doesn’t slow down—if anything, it speeds up. Kids, schedules, work, winter approaching. But Thanksgiving interrupts all of that. It insists on gratitude, even when the world feels hurried and heavy. It asks us...