Posts with the tag “solidarity”

Advent is good news because Jesus keeps arriving—here, now, in the middle of our actual lives. We steady ourselves in this reality: God with skin and bone, Eternity wrapped in humanity.St. Augustine wrote “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.” That restlessness is familiar to us. And there’s something deeply comforting about a God who entered o...  Read More

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.                       – Lamentations 3:22-23 (NRSV)It might seem odd that an entire book of the bible, Lamentations, is devoted to lament. An entire book of the bible is set aside for pouring pain, grief, and sorrow out onto Jesus. And yet, we realize the promise o...  Read More