Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed
down with . . . the worries of this life.
Luke 21:34

Waiting with the Word - First Sunday of Advent

Our waiting is always shaped by alertness to the Word. It is waiting in the knowledge that someone wants to address us. The question is, are we home? Are we at our address, ready to respond to the doorbell? We need to wait together, to keep each other at home spiritually, so that when the Word comes it can become flesh in us. That is why the Book of God is always in the midst of those who gather. We read the Word so that the Word can become flesh and have a whole new life in us.

Advent Book Discussion

Join us during Advent as we reflect on Henri Nouwen's A Spirituality of Homecoming and
A Spirituality of Living. Facilitated by Brynn Lawrence and Ray Glennon. You are welcome to participate in any way that is spiritually nourishing for you!

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This week's Advent reflection is from Finding My Way Home, page 107, � Henri J.M. Nouwen. Published by The Crossroad Publishing Company and reprinted here with publisher's kind permission. Scripture quotations are from New Revised Standard Version Bible, � 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.

Photo Credits: Henri Nouwen by Frank Hamilton, used with kind permission. San Diego sky by Sharon Sheehan, used with kind permission.

Suggested Advent Reading