In Spanish the words “wait” and “hope” are one: esperanza. Today is the second day of Advent, a season of waiting, a season of hope. Christians do not wait without hope. I was blessed last night to visit a group of people who have given a new meaning to Advent for me this year. AContinueContinue reading “Esperanza: Advent and the #fast4families”
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Getting real with Mary
Are you ready? Do you have everything together? You must. You have time for church today. Most folks are saving their church time for tomorrow. So maybe this crowd is the calm, the cool, the collected. Maybe not. The fourth week of Advent is really short this year. The last candle won’t burn very long,ContinueContinue reading “Getting real with Mary”
How Can this Be? Mary and Advent IV
The final Sunday of Advent, in the gospel we hear from St. Luke, we learn Farrelly brothers had it, at least partially, right: there IS Something about Mary. I don’t know if you have heard about a billboard that was put up by St. Matthew’s Anglican Church this Advent in Auckland, New Zealand. The billboardContinueContinue reading “How Can this Be? Mary and Advent IV”
Mike Angell 