Life is filled with waiting, especially now -- waiting to see what will happen when a new president steps into office, waiting to see exactly what his staff and administration will do in our country and around the world, waiting for another headline and another injustice and another "fill in the blank."
Advent is a season of waiting, typically waiting for the birth of Jesus at Christmas but also waiting for God to show up in the midst of this world (which is really what the Christmas story is all about!). This year the Narrative Lectionary invites us to begin advent with Daniel in the lion's den, a story filled with waiting.
As we find ourselves waiting in our lives and our world, as we sit with Daniel and the king and the administrators and their waiting in this story, we just might find that what we are waiting for isn't far off in a distant future, but it is always and already here, a present hope for what is to come, God with us and within us, as close as our very breath, calling us to action here and now and never just someday.
Stop waiting and push play. Watch the latest episode of The Word Made Fresh and listen in as Rev. Adriene talks with Rev. Jim about what he will be preaching this Sunday at The Riverside Church. (And yes, you read that correctly. Rev. Jim will be in the building to preach!) |