Below is a link to Pastors meditations on hope in Advent. So what then is the difference between humbug and hope? What is the difference between an optimism that sees only comfort and joy and an ambiguous hope that sees the world for what it is but still longs for more? There is an old adage that says, Show me what you hope for, and I will know who you are. For what do you hope? Emily Dickinson says of hope, Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without words and never stops at all. For Dickinson, hope is perched precariously as a bird uncaged on an evergreen branch that dances sometimes gently and sometimes violently in the winter wind. All the while, as it sways back and forth, our little bird sings a song of hope from the heart - unscripted - and regardless of what comes its way - snow, wind, or darkness - it continues to sing! Is not the source of genuine hope, the Christ child, as fragile in the manger as the bird singing softly atop a branch precariously perched? zionlutherannj.net/on-advent-hope/
Posted on: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 11:15:44 +0000
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