Advent Greetings …

Advent is a special time of year.  It is a season of waiting and preparation.  It is a time when we begin to tell again the story and celebrate the incarnation that comes into our world.

The stories, scriptures, and traditions of the Christmas season have been passed down to us throughout the generations.  Many of us enter this season with a swell of memories and emotions as vast as the cultural and religious rituals this season holds.  Like a tapestry woven throughout time, the Christmas story weaves us in—to remember how God has shown up in the past, to continue the work of collective liberation, to behold the presence of God in flesh and bone.

Advent is not only a time to wait and prepare, it is also a time when we are called to action.  What are you being called to generate or bring forth? What have your ancestors and those who have come before you passed on for you to continue? Considering the many ways we embody, remember, and tell the story of Christ’s birth, which rituals hold the most meaning for you? What about this season will you pass on to the next generation?

From Generation to Generation, our theme for this Advent, reminds us of the ways our lives, histories, actions, and stories are interconnected and woven together.  The work of God is always unfolding—in and through us.  This Advent, may you remember that you belong – to a story etched into the wrinkles of time, to generations that have come before and will come after, to a love that won’t let you go.

Blessings – Heather (she/her).