Before Christmas, I think we need to spend some time with Mary, the real Mary, because she helps us understand what it means to be a person of faith in a dark time.
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Joy
On the second Sunday of Advent, a sermon about John the Baptist and deep subversive joy. What if, in these anxious days, what we really need to repent is the meagerness of our hope?
Translating Advent
The current moment makes talking about hope all the more challenging. Which is why Advent begins where it does. Today we encounter Jesus talking about the end of the world. Jesus begins with ominous signs in the heavens, the rushing of the seas, the distress of the people. Jesus begins where all hope for change begins, with disruption.
The Architecture of Hope
Today, against the backdrop of Jesus’ prophecy, I want to talk about the architecture of desire and power. We are living through our own great upheaval, a moment when the powers and principalities of the world are rattling. How do we find hope?
Mike Angell 