In a season often marked by frenzied busyness, Advent is an opportunity to set aside time to prepare our hearts and help us place our focus on a far greater story than our own—the story of God’s redeeming love for our world.It’s not a season of pretending or covering over—it is a season of digging deep into the reality of what it means that God sent His Son into the world to be Immanuel, God with Us. It is a season of expectation and preparation, an opportunity to align ourselves with God’s presence more than just the hectic season of presents.So wherever you are on your own spiritual journey, I invite you into this season. It’s a time that allows for questions and struggle as we take time to prepare our hearts for Christ’s coming. Advent is not a celebration that God comes to fix things—from broken computers to broken families to broken and hurting lives in a broken world.Rather, simply, Advent is a celebration that Godcomes.God comes to be with us.He is the God with Us. That is the Promise of Christmas! In the darkness, in the pain, in the chaos, He comes. And He makes a way. The Long Journey of Hope That’s the way God has been working throughout history. You see, back in the beginning, in the way God intended this creation, He walked freely and openly with Adam and Eve. He was with us, and humanity enjoyed wholeness and intimacy with God.Join us beginning Sunday, November 29th for this hope-filled sermon series: "The Promise of Christmas".
