a sermon for the 4th Sunday in Advent
All of us have dreams for the future, including Mary and Joseph. But God had another dream for them.
All of us have dreams for the future, including Mary and Joseph. But God had another dream for them.
Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?
For Jesus, the answer seemed perfectly obvious. “The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear.” Truly, miraculous things were happening all around them. Why couldn’t John see that?
God’s vision is a world in which weapons are absurd and everyone has enough to eat. But when can we expect that to happen?