Here in the metro New York area we woke this morning
to find that two NYPD officers were executed last night by a crazed man who,
before he killed himself, made
statements on social media suggesting that he planned to kill police officers
and was angered about the Eric Garner and Michael Brown cases.
This Advent has
been filled with stories
of school shootings, racial unrest, the violation of women on our campuses and the
jarring details of our country’s treatment of prisoners of war. Many are quick to measure the situation with
who is right and who is wrong, which is neither my place nor intent. But the Gospel story calls us to name the
names and begin dialogue…as painful as that may be.
For Luke’s telling
of a pregnant, unwed, teenager named Mary who will give birth to the Son of God
actually sheds light on how we can better live in Advent amidst all that is
happening. For during this season of watching
and waiting….it is really God who is doing the waiting for us. And what is God waiting for? Well, click and see what my thoughts are….
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