If you are like me, you like to skip everything to get to the good part of the story. I don't need to hear about everything. Save me the details! Sound familiar?
Right out of the gate, I am confronted with week one of Advent. Why? Because it's a time of waiting....a time of expectation!
Our readings and our hymns in Advent remind us that before we celebrate the light that came into the world, we must take stock of the darkness that surrounds us in our world, and the darkness in our own lives. Before we get to the light, we must fearlessly measure the darkness, both without and within.
