Ritual in the Waiting
It’s the first Monday of the Advent season. This first week focuses on hope, especially in the midst of liminal spaces, which are times when what once “was” no longer “is” and what is “yet to be” has not yet come into fruition. In other words, hope in this first week of Advent is about remembering the reality that the ancient world was once waiting for the Messiah to be born, and he was and is “God with us”, which in today’s world prompts hope as we wait for and believe this same Messiah, Jesus, will return again one day…all while we operate in the midst of the liminalities we face in our world today.
