In the Christian tradition, Advent is a four-week time of waiting, longing, yearning for the Christ who is soon coming.

Advent began on Sunday and will continue until Christmas. In Advent, we are to turn our thoughts to the meaning of Christ’s coming and the deep significance of the season for followers of Jesus. I would go so far as to say that Advent and Christmas are my favorite liturgical seasons because they demand that we do the work to prepare our hearts to answer this question: What does it truly mean that God came and lived as one of us in our world to show us God’s way? The incarnation was the beginning of the Jesus movement to change the world.

How do we wait for Christ this year, in this both liturgical and, yes, political season that are both timeless and timely amid the moral, religious, and political crisis our nation and world are facing?

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