Naming Where We Are
Liz Milner, Poetry From Prison: Advent Hope (2017); Debie Thomas, Hard Gifts (2014); Dan Clendenin, Advent Agitations: "How Then Can We Be Saved?" (2011); and Dan Clendenin, "Awesome Things That We Did Not Expect" (2008). Lectionary Readings (Revised Common Lectionary, Year B) Isaiah 64:1-9 Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 Mark 13:24-37 This Week's Essay By Debie Thomas, former JWJ staff writer (2014 to 2022), slightly edited from its original posting on November 22, 2020. The relentless war in Ukraine. Unspeakable violence in Israel and Gaza. Blistering wildfires in western Australia. The ongoing shadows of poverty, political brokenness, racism, Covid, and climate change. As we approach our next liturgical season and a new Church year, we find ourselves, once again, in a world that threatens to overwhelm us. Many of us are bewildered, grieving, fearful, and exhausted. Haunted (if we’re honest), by the question “good Christians” are often afraid to ask: Where is God? Lucki
Liz Milner, Poetry From Prison: Advent Hope (2017); Debie Thomas, Hard Gifts (2014); Dan Clendenin, Advent Agitations: "How Then Can We Be Saved?" (2011); and Dan Clendenin, "Awesome Things That We Did Not Expect" (2008). Lectionary Readings (Revised Common Lectionary, Year B) Isaiah 64:1-9 Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 Mark 13:24-37 This Week's Essay By Debie Thomas, former JWJ staff writer (2014 to 2022), slightly edited from its original posting on November 22, 2020. The relentless war in Ukraine. Unspeakable violence in Israel and Gaza. Blistering wildfires in western Australia
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