Advent is not only a season in the Church’s calendar, but the condition of our lives in a darkened world. Christ does not come to erase the darkness, but to dwell with us within it. Emmanuel—God with us—assures us that even in suffering and violence, we are never alone.

Judges 13:2-7, 24-25 | Luke 1:5-25

Originally preached on the 17th of December, 2025, at Holy Trinity Church in Beaverton, Oregon.

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