by Lisa Forkner | Dec 1, 2024 | Advent, Writings
Advent begins today. Once more, we step into a holy stretch of quiet waiting. We are not alone: All creation watches for Jesus’ return with us. Not only is Advent a declaration of Jesus’ birth; it is an anticipatory celebration of God returning to the...
by Lisa Forkner | Dec 25, 2023 | Advent, Writings
“Hail, the heav’n-born Prince of Peace! Hail, the Sun of Righteousness! light and life to all he brings, ris’n with healing in his wings. Mild he lays his glory by, born that man no more may die, born to raise the sons of earth, born to give them...
by Lisa Forkner | Dec 24, 2023 | Advent, Writings
“trace noun 1. a mark, object, or other indication of the existence or passing of something.” (Oxford Languages Dictionary) On this last Sunday of Advent, today is a perfect day to look backwards for traces. While the excitement of the Christmas...
by Lisa Forkner | Dec 22, 2023 | Advent, Writings
Christmas is fast approaching; are you still making room? As the season presses in, are you still holding space to quietly wait and watch for Christ’s arrival? How might you stay with the anticipation in these last hours of Advent? Pause to imagine yourself out in a...
by Lisa Forkner | Dec 21, 2023 | Advent, Writings
Christmas is a celebration of bright joy and effulgent light. The brilliant star of the arrival of Christ outshines all other lights we can know. How, then, in this season of Advent, do we make sense of the darkness and doubt that lurk all around us, perhaps within...
by Lisa Forkner | Dec 18, 2023 | Advent, Writings
Can stones really cry out? Could mountains actually sing, and trees actually applaud? Does all creation, as it happens, wait with us for Jesus’ return? While we go about our daily, weekly, regular rhythms of preparing room for Jesus, is nature doing the same?...
