The Story of Advent
December 14th, 2022
As we enter into the coldest darkest part of the year, we celebrate the coming of the light of the world. It is a beautiful reminder that when things feel dark, cold and lonely God is with us. When our lives feel hard, overwhelming, and dark God shows up with light and love. God is with us. God humbly meets us where we are. God sees us. God wants to know us. God identifies with God’s people. God hears us. God came to live among us. We have a God that shows up over and over again. God is with us, declaring we all belong, offering connection and unity. God reaches out to the outcast and the marginalized. God offers reconciliation and healing. Love offers the invitation to be transformed. We are given strength and wholeness rooted in the gifts of Hope, Peace, Joy and Love.
The Christ child is born to a young girl. Angels tell the good news to lowly shepherds. The stars declare the good news to noble foreigners.
All are welcomed in. All are seen and loved.
The advent story is a story of goodness, brokenness, and love. There is a world needing to be reconnected, a world needing wholeness.
The light shines in the darkness but the darkness has not overcome it.
Often God shows up in surprising ways. Often Love surprises us. Often Love challenges and transforms us. The God of love showed up in an unexpected way to challenge, serve, transform, bring wholeness and make new. Love and Light transform the dark places and bring wholeness into the broken places.
Advent is the story of the Hope, Peace, Joy and Love Christ brings.
- Allison Kentle