In our vibrant expectation of the having-come Christ, the everlasting house is being built up.

As we celebrate what Advent commemorates, let us cry out to God with urgency: “Fill my emptiness, wrap me in your loving embrace, help my blind eyes to see so that I may be made whole in your Holy presence.”

What are we doing in this time of preparation to help bring light in a season of darkness?

It’s okay to look bad and that’s the most humbling thing I can tell myself. Christ forgives me and in my chaos the Sustainer brings peace.

As we long for renewal in our hearts and communities, may we be surrounded by God’s patient mercy that yields shalom for all of creation.