Advent Devotional SHCC 2017
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The morning news is all too often a bitter reminder of yesterday’s pain and a depressing promise of<br />
more to come. Much like Isaiah, good news is a rare find. It is easy to pile on the burden of social and<br />
individual distress, disgust, and disillusion. Even the mention of hope can, at times, seem laughable or<br />
even, dare I say, indulgent. There is so much suffering and pain that needs attention right now – how<br />
do we have time to speak about hope? But maybe hope isn’t just about future expectations and maybe<br />
<strong>Advent</strong> isn’t about some far-off destination. Could our journey be less about traversing treacherous obstacles<br />
with unyielding perseverance and more about being present with each other even in the pain?<br />
Might our hope be more about God with us and less about us finding God?<br />
Quinn Garcia<br />
We thought of life by analogy with a journey, with a pilgrimage, which had a serious purpose at that<br />
end, and the thing was to get to that end. Success, or whatever it is…But we missed the point the<br />
whole way along. It was a musical thing, and you were supposed to sing or to dance while the music<br />
was being played.<br />
-Alan Watts
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