But it wasn’t for John, Jesus and their world. Even when we are not thinking about it, it is in the back of our minds. We are taught from a young age that everything light and white is good, and everything dark and black is bad. And it is far too easy for us as to hear those words through our history of race and racism. “This good news is framed in the stark language of light and dark, shadow and glory. Wil Gafney and Alexander John Shaia remind us, the darkness, too, is holy. Oftentimes, Advent is framed as a contest between ‘day’ and ‘darkness,’ resisting the night to usher in the light. Now, we attend to the ordinary matters of life while carrying the hoped-for life of the Divine kin-dom, culminating in our collective celebration of the Christmas season.īut how do we move from mundanity to labor pangs to birth?Ĭan we enter into this season without spiritually disassociating? Once, Mary began her long journey to Jerusalem to oblige their state’s census while growing the life of Emmanuel ( God-with-us) within her. As the days grow shorter and autumn deepens its hues, this past Sunday marked the beginning of the season many Jesus-followers call Advent.
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