Advent 3: Our King and Savior now draws near, let’s come and adore Him! | Notre Roi et Sauveur approche, venez, adorons-le !
A meditation offered by Sylvie Botétémé, Paris, France.une version en français se trouve ci-dessous. When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another? ...Advent 2: Being truly seen …
A meditation offered by Rev Stephanie Burette, Oxford. The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, ‘See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way; the voice of one crying out in the...Advent 1: Casting Away the Works of Darkness
As we begin this season of waiting and wonder, we are invited to return to the Source—to remember who we are and whose we are.
My favorite scriptural image is of God playing in the dirt—not making mud pies (as I used to), but making mud people. We are the mud people God formed from the earth, from humus. God made Adam—earth-being—of the very stuff that is our home. The Christ who came in great humility (humus) is the grounded Christ, the one who knows of what, by whom, and why he was made. He is of the earth and for heaven, bridging dust and divinity.
