Posts with the tag “advent”

The Sacred Art of Waiting: Finding Formation in Life's In-Between MomentsWe live in a world that despises waiting. Express shipping. Instant downloads. Fast food. Our culture has trained us to see waiting as wasted time, an inconvenience to be minimized or eliminated altogether. Yet what if our seasons of waiting aren't obstacles to overcome, but sacred spaces where God does His most transformativ...  Read More

The same God who met Joseph in his darkness meets us in ours. The same light that broke into the world over two thousand years ago continues to shine today. And that light—the light of Christ—is something the darkness can never, ever overcome....  Read More

The Holy Tension of Waiting: Finding Light in the DarknessThere are few things in life more difficult than doing absolutely nothing. Not the cozy kind of nothing—curled up with hot chocolate, wrapped in blankets, pretending not to hear the laundry calling. But the kind of nothing that happens when life puts you in a holding pattern. When you're waiting on news, waiting on a breakthrough, waiting o...  Read More