Category: Advent Waiting

The Wisdom of Advent – Learning to Wait Week 1: Hope A Prayer for Hope & Faith in Our Waiting God, creator of all things, You understand what it feels like to wait. You see our impatience with the in-between space and our sometimes overwhelming desire to rush the process and get to where we… Continue reading Advent Week 1 – December 3, 2022

The Wisdom of Advent – Learning to Wait Week 1: Hope Mary’s response to the angel who appeared at the Annunciation is a spectacular example of faith and trust. She was willing to let go of all her plans and hopes for her life and accept the very uncertain future that God offered. Nouwen describes… Continue reading Advent Week 1 – December 2, 2022

The Wisdom of Advent – Learning to Wait Week 1: Hope Dietrich Bonhoeffer reminds us of the promise in Advent waiting. “Advent creates people, new people. We too are supposed to become new people in Advent. Look up, you whose gaze is fixed on this earth, who are spellbound by the little events and changes… Continue reading Advent Week 1 – December 1, 2022

The Wisdom of Advent – Learning to Wait Week 1: Hope Thomas Merton says this about the person who has come upon the spiritual dark night, “If a man in this night lets his spirit get carried away with fear or impatience and anxiety, he will come to a standstill. He will twist and turn… Continue reading Advent Week 1 – November 30, 2022

The Wisdom of Advent – Learning to Wait Week 1: Hope The story of the golden calf (Exodus 32) provides a cautionary example of what might happen if we don’t have faith while we wait. As they waited in the desert, the Israelites lost faith in the God who had saved them from Egypt and… Continue reading Advent Week 1 – November 29, 2022

The Wisdom of Advent – Learning to Wait Week 1: Hope It’s worthwhile to repeat the Henri Nouwen quote from yesterday. “We can only really wait if what we are waiting for has already begun. So waiting is never a movement from nothing to something. It is always a movement from something to something more.”1… Continue reading Advent Week 1 – November 28, 2022

The Wisdom of Advent – Learning to Wait Week 1: Hope As we light the first purple candle in our Advent Wreath for the first week of Advent, I’ll explore what Advent can teach us about the roles of hope and faith as we wait. Waiting often involves hopeful anticipation, fear of the unknown, or… Continue reading Advent Week 1 – November 27, 2022