Artwork: The Annunciation to the Shepherds by Henry Ossawa Tanner You are With Me – A Blessing for Those Who Weep this Christmas | by Erika Kobewka Did you know that the first days of December are recognized in Canada as National Grief Awareness Week? What might...
Artwork: Incarnation by Tim Joyner “So give me strength, O God, to feel this grief deeply, never to hide my heart from it. And give me also hope enough to remain open to surprising encounters with joy, as one on a woodland path might stumble suddenly into...
Artwork: “All Ye That Are Heavy Laden” by J. Kirk Richards Extending Hospitality to the Displaced | by Krista Heide As our gospel texts demonstrate, the stories of advent are not all rosy and picturesque. Rather, themes of hardship, oppressive...
Artwork: Flight into Egypt by Henry Ossawa Tanner Great Displacement, Great Hospitality | by Krista Heide Hope, Joy, Peace, Love – these are the more familiar themes of Advent celebration, routinely woven into our reflections of the gospel accounts of the birth...
A Communal Invitation for Advent: Partnering with the Light | by David Ruis The season of Advent is known as “the season of light.” Waiting. Anticipating. Longing. Each candle – lit and burning A prophetic statement that the light has come – is...
“I am the Light” by Yongsung Kim Let There Be Light | by David Ruis Like an ever circling, undulating three stranded cord, the Triune beauty of God moves through history, untethered and free, from outside of time and space. Yet Father Yahweh, the Word and...
