The woman laden with Christmas shopping bags knows it; the alcoholic wit hate one remaining friend knows it; the athletic woman recovering from her car crash knows it: the hard-won hope in Isaiah's words, "Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who are of a fearful heart, 'Be strong, do not fear! Here is your God. He will come ... and save you.’"

A talk for The Third Sunday of Advent, 11 December 2022.

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