Advent 2016

Advent 2016

The Long Expected Jesus

  Advent – A Time of Tension Today is the third Sunday of the Advent season. I talked a little about what Advent is a few weeks back, and every year that I do, I get a little feedback that the distinction between Advent and Christmas is fairly unclear. In fact, I can remember, growing up in a mainline church as thinking of the terms as rather synonymous. And they certainly are related.  I wanted to speak a little more…