In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus announces a brave new world, breaking forth even now. We actualize that when we live it out. “You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world.” Let salt be salty. Let light shine.

In the Beatitudes, Jesus announces a brave new world that honors and dignifies and lifts up our humanity and that, in Christ reshapes our lives on the basis of loving relationship.

“Follow me” is an invitation not just to do something, but to be something. It is an invitation to belong to God’s beloved community.  

As we set intentions at the start of a new year, God guides us together into the life of Christ.

On the first day of the new year, we arrive in this truth: The Word became flesh and dwells in us, full of grace and truth.  Let it be.

This is the Good News of Christmas – the heartbeat of God pulsing in the fullness of humanity.  As we live into the life of Christ, we become the heartbeat of God in and for the world God loves.

In the hope of a starlit sky, in our embodied lives, in the coming of Christ – God is already here, and always on the way.

The second in our Advent series "Hope of a Starlit Night" -- God keeps vigil at night, inviting us into the vigil and into the work of freedom.

In the quiet of a starlit night, we watch, and wait, and hope – for Christ, already with us, and always on the way.