Looking out the window it is cold, wet and dark. Daylight is still some time away. Living where I do, today will remain half light, overcast and gloomy. The political climate outside also feels like being 'in the bleak midwinter.'
And yet. Advent is the defining critique of power and politics. Power politics is about Herod's palace. Christian eyes look to Bethlehem. Redemptive love, not executive power is the way of God in Jesus. Emmanuel, God with us, is not cosy seasonal sentiment. Advent is God keeping his promises and delivering on them, lifting longing hearts from despair towards hopefulness.
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