Making Space for Hope

Published: Dec. 2, 2012, 10 a.m.

b'The voice of Jeremiah echoes down across 2600 years: \\u201cThe days are surely coming, says the Lord\\u2026\\u201d A message of hope. The hope is that God is with us in whatever wasteland we find ourselves, and God invites us to be part of God\\u2019s work of restoring all things. This is the hope of Advent. Not that God waits for everything to be perfect \\u2013 for all the details to come together in just the right configuration -- but that Jesus came in the messiness... in the midst of loose ends and unfinished business... in the midst of pain and suffering. And God invites us to embody that hope for others. So \\u2013 with one candle lit on our Advent wreath, we begin this journey through the Season of Advent, and today we\\u2019re making space for hope.'