Advent is about, the wait. It is about recognizing that the world has grown weary and is longing for something more. It is the recognition that something has gone wrong and we wait for a new day.

Advent is about, the hope. It affirms that God is not distant, but present and active. God has not abandoned his world.

Advent is about, the call. It is a story that we are called to embody. As God entered our story, we too enter the brokenness around us bringing hope and a new tomorrow.

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The story of Exodus is about far more than the epic narrative it already is, it is about a paradigm of the way God works throughout the scriptures, and ultimately in the world. The story is about a God who hears the cries of those enslaved and acts on their behalf. It is a story about a God who rescues his people, without concern for their response. We see this story in Jesus' teaching in Luke 15. Here Jesus teaches 3 separate parables about, the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost sons. Each story is about something lost, that will remain lost unless someone goes and finds it. The three stories culminate in the picture of father running toward his estranged son, embracing him, kissing him, and throwing him a party.

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A few weeks back I was able to share a message I wrote that explores the process by which transformation takes place. For followers of Jesus, we often find ourselves struggling to embody the same ethic, grace, and compassion that Jesus embodied. We struggle, we work, we battle ourselves all in an effort toward Christlikeness. However, in Matthew 11:28 Jesus says, "Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." How does one find rest in the pursuit of Christlikeness? Dallas Willard says it best...

As a student of theology and ethics, MLK Day is a sort of sacred day. I usually do two things, every MLK Day: first, I read through King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” and secondly, I set aside time for deep reflection on what it means to animate our faith in light of current social issues and repent for my own failure to embody Jesus’ vision for the Kingdom of God here-and-now.

It has been said that “many who quote him now would have hated him then”, and I think there is a lot of truth to that critique.