What Is Coming to Birth for You This Christmas?
Throughout this Advent season, I have been listening closely to the birthing dreams presented by many of the prophets in the daily readings. Isaiah, Jeremiah, Amos, and others dream of a new creation, a new way of being human. In their dreams, rivers flow with justice, war is replaced with a massive effort to find food for the whole world, and archenemies, like the lion and the lamb, become friends. So, I started looking for birthing signs around me. Here is what I saw: · A gay couple feels totally at home and accepted in a convent of “elderly” nuns; · A high school basketball team shows good sportsmanship despite a jeering crowd; · Two long-time friends continue to work at their relationship by overcoming differences; · A prisoner of Apartheid becomes President and teaches the whole world about reconciliation; · ...