Sunday, November 30, 2025
Sunday Reflection: The first Sunday of Advent
I love Thanksgiving. I love Christmas. But I also love the season between the two, which we enter today: Advent.
It's a season some Christians blow right past in the business that precedes Christmas, but is beloved by others. The essence of it is quiet anticipation, a rare thing for many of us.
One reason that I love it is that it is a challenge to me, personally. A lot of my life is about trying to complete tasks, create change, and get things done, all of which is antithetical to waiting patiently for something I have no control over.
And that's the beauty of it. We are so often told to "be ourselves," but sometimes it is wonderfully humbling to turn that off and listen to something greater than ourselves.
