Midway Through Advent

During the weeks of Advent, we reflect on who we once were:

As we light each candle, we contemplate the people we were meant to become:

We hear the scriptures imploring us to repent, but each time we try to turn around, we confront all the ways it is hard to change:

Now is the time to center ourselves, to tune out all the messages our culture blares at us:

Let us remember the good news of the ancient prophets:  God will bring us home (Zephaniah 3: 20).