Faith • Liturgical Reflections Celebrate With a Less Automatic Reply Kate Harrison Brennan | 4 min read As Advent draws to its high point of expectation in this year, we must also come to terms with the restless anxiety that we are not yet ready to down tools and celebrate. Continue Reading
Faith • Liturgical Reflections The Advent of Surprise Stephan Bauman | 3 min read The first Advent prepared a weary world for an outrageous surprise. Continue Reading
Faith • Liturgical Reflections “Where are you?” Jake Belder | 5 min read When most Christians are already celebrating Christmas, I could have painted over my friend's darkness with holiday cheer and said,"‘Look, Jesus has come! It’s all going to be okay." But as I tried to walk with my friend through his pain and prayed for him, I found myself saying instead, "I know it will be okay, but it’s not yet. God, where are You? Help us to see you here." Continue Reading
Faith • Liturgical Reflections Home, at Last Ann Animousse | 5 min read A contributor from Missio Advent 2013 continues her story on #MissioAdvent 2014. "Surely the intrigue of visitors was the excitement of something new, something different entering our small world." Continue Reading
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