Season: The Subversive Baby Savior
Speaker: Rachel Sensenig
Location: 2214 S. Broad St.
About Talk: Millennials have been labelled the most cynical generation in American history, not likely to trust institutions or relationships. Researchers blame a competitive economy that has focused on individual, rather than group, success. More than any other generation, millennials are expected to make it on their own in an increasingly complicated, violent, uncertain, and divided world.
The prophets who foretold the birth of Jesus lived in turbulent times too. Amidst the trauma of their circumstances, God gave them hope for the future, a promise of salvation. It didn’t come as expected though, in worldly power, it came in vulnerability and tenderness: a helpless baby who would bind up the brokenhearted. We are waiting for the fulfillment of the promise this Advent, and learning to trust this Savior who gives us power beyond this world; the power of love.