You can listen to a reading of this essay here. “A secret always makes you tremble.”[1] Christmas seems to tantalize my imagination like no other holiday. I can’t explain it, but there’s something I find enticing about this time of year. There’s a joy in waiting, in anticipating something I know arrives every year, and … Continue reading The Secret Gift of Christmas
Advent of the Impossible
Jonathan L. Best, Curator and Editor for Liminal Theology, recently wrote for Progressive Southern Theologians. Click the link below! https://www.progressivesoutherntheologians.com/news/2019/12/15/advent-of-the-impossible Explore more at https://www.progressivesoutherntheologians.com Photo by Mariana B. on Unsplash
The Joy of Heresy
At a small evening vespers service over which I preside, I recently was asked, “Are you sure it’s okay if we sing a Christmas song during Advent?” The question came from a thoughtful volunteer pianist and full-time math teacher who plays for our vespers gathering and for her Presbyterian church’s Sunday morning services. At first, … Continue reading The Joy of Heresy
When is Christmas?
Have You really already come? Was it really You, the God we were expecting when we poured forth our longing for "Him who was to come," for the Mighty God, Father of the Future, Prince of Peace, The God of Light and Truth and Eternal Happiness? Indeed, Your coming is promised in the very first … Continue reading When is Christmas?
