Faith • Liturgical Reflections A Longing for Home Adrienne Shore | 3 min read In this season, there is grace. Because of my own pain and the experience of separation, I have come to recognize the paradox inherent in Christ's coming to this earth. Christ Jesus had to leave His home with the Father and with perfect communion, in order to bring us home. Continue Reading
Faith • Liturgical Reflections He is a Visiting King Mollie Moore | 5 min read The four weeks of the Advent season help us to see how the Lord is the Master of using stories to make himself known to the world. Continue Reading
Faith • Liturgical Reflections We Are a Visited People Mary Woodiwiss | 5 min read Visitation connotes being with, not just knowing about, and then carrying one and one’s daily life more closely to heart after the visit. Is it too much of a stretch to say that God’s visitation also means that, in his gracious love, he wants to be with us? Continue Reading
Faith • Liturgical Reflections Until Hope and History Rhyme Todd Deatherage | 4 min read Advent teaches us how to live as we wait. Continue Reading
Faith • Liturgical Reflections Expecting the Incarnation Agnes R. Howard | 4 min read Thinking about what it is like to wait for a baby—even an ordinary one—helps us to grasp the immensity of what Advent brings. Continue Reading
Faith • Liturgical Reflections Hope for a Hopeless World Todd Mangum | 5 min read The hope that Jesus Christ offers does not dispute or deny the current circumstances of hopelessness, discouragement, and death. But that baby represented not just an announcement from God, but the entry of very God into the situation and circumstance of sin. Continue Reading
