by David Anderson
This is Advent, the season of hope, but hope is not the same as optimism. Optimism needs some bit of good news to go on, to extrapolate from. Hope burns even in moments when nothing in the circumstances would suggest any reason for optimism. Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate, once spoke of Adam […]
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ADVENT: DAY TWO The great cry of Advent is maranatha, an Aramaic exclamation dear to early Christians. It means, “O Lord, come!” The first believers had seen the death of Jesus and received the promise of his coming again. They lived with an imminent sense of Christ’s return, yet they did not see it, nor did […]
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ADVENT: DAY ONE The house lights go off and the footlights come on. Even the chattiest stop chattering as they wait in darkness for the curtain to rise. In the orchestra pit, the violin bows are poised. The conductor has raised his baton. In the silence of a midwinter dusk, there is far off in the […]
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Advent is just days away. It’s my very favorite season and I’m delighted this year to offer a reflection for every day of Advent. The series is called “The Dawn From on High.” Each day’s brief reflection will appear here, so look for a bit of quiet, question and wonder to help you stay awake […]
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