December Lights (Part 4): Arrival | Jake Haber

For the finale of our "December Lights" series, we explored the themes at the intersection of advent & the winter solstice. How do we thrive in life's liminal spaces, such as waiting for the arrival of light & hope?

 

Quotes:

 

Pádraig Ó Tuama:

“Advent reminds us that waiting is not passive but full of potential, a time to prepare our hearts for the world we long to see.”

 

 Rev. Sara Miles:

“Advent is not about a sentimental waiting for the Baby Jesus, but about the call to live into the world as it is being remade in love.” 

 

Rachel Held Evans:

“To practice Advent is to lean into an unfulfilled promise, to embrace the tension between what is and what could be, and to open ourselves to the possibility of transformation.” 

 

 Walter Brueggemann:

“The beauty of Advent lies in its insistence that what we wait for is already breaking through. We live in the ‘not yet,’ but we are sustained by glimpses of the ‘already.’” 

 

Reverend Holly Whitcomb:

“The waiting of Advent teaches us to live in increments, in small pieces rather than large chunks. Waiting also teaches us to measure our progress slowly.” 

 

 Richard Rohr:

“Advent is not about waiting for a perfect future, but about discovering the sacred in the imperfections of the present.”