Advent

Part Nine in an Advent Series on W.H. Auden’s “For The Time Being, A Christmas Oratio”: The Flight to Egypt — The last section of Auden’s poem, his translation of the Advent narrative comes to a discourteous end with Jesus, Mary, and Joseph fleeing to Egypt on threat of their life. This juxtaposition of chaos and peace necessarily completes the introduction of Christ into the world. As the family retreats into…

The Thanksgiving to Christmas stretch is considered by many as one of the fastest times of the year. All too often, the decorations are brought down with the thought that there wasn’t truly time to celebrate the season amongst all the hustling of holiday parties and last-minute shopping. While there…

Part Eight in an Advent Series on W.H. Auden’s “For The Time Being, A Christmas Oratio”: The Massacre of Innocents — For the time Being doesn’t end in resolve and light, it ends in death and flight. The last two sections aren’t easy to navigate but Advent doesn’t frighten easily. As Fleming Rutledge writes, “Advent is a time for making a fearless inventory of the darkness. This is a call for…

It’s the twentieth day of my “preparing the way” for the Christ consciousness experiment this Advent season. If you want to find out more about it, check out my earlier post: Prepare Ye The Way December 1 is often considered the beginning of Advent season for Christians — the time of “preparing the way for…medium.com Preparing for the Christ consciousness, which many people are already feeling and are well aware of, has been a…

It’s the nineteenth day of my “preparing the way” for the Christ consciousness experiment this Advent season. If you want to find out more about it, check out my earlier post: Prepare Ye The Way December 1 is often considered the beginning of Advent season for Christians — the time of “preparing the way for…medium.com Today I was in an end-of-year work meeting where the discussion was about financials, projections, cash flow, property and…

One of my favorite times of the year is Advent. I have collected some thoughts and curated a Spotify playlist¹ to inspire us through this day and season. Nothing would make me happier than you joining in the celebration. “But there’ll be no darkness for those who were in trouble…

Part Seven in an Advent Series on W.H. Auden’s “For The Time Being, A Christmas Oratio”: Simeon’s Meditation — Simeon is a minor character in the Advent narrative with a major message. We find his account in Luke 2. He is someone who has been waiting. He has been expecting the Kingdom of God to return in His lifetime and was given a promise by God that he would…