There is a short answer and a long answer to the question posed in this post’s title. The short answer is, it is the third Sunday of Advent which is the Sunday of Joy. The longer answer begins with a short answer and then an explanation. We are talking about joy again because we forget. […]
I hate waiting
The second Sunday of Advent is the Sunday of Peace. As I was reflecting on what this might mean and where the texts for this week might be heading I kept coming back to the notion of “patience.” I don’t think there is much profit in us getting together and telling stories of our impatience […]
Happy new year!
Yes, you read the title correctly, Happy new year! It is a new church year. The Lectionary year begins with the first Sunday of Advent, the Sunday of Hope. This year I was reminded, as I did some reading of Walter Brueggemann, of the both/and nature of Advent. We are “in between” the two Advents […]