Advent Shadows

I am not called to put on rose-colored glasses and see everything in life as pretty and good and uplifting. Rather, I am called to trust that God sees what I see.

In a secular age, when the good life is deferred to the dream-state of the future, the church loses any sense of scope. The congregation narrows and becomes a service organization of resources. It is no longer a community of practice and tradition that wears a wholly distinct orientation to time.