The new panelists begin the ninth year of The Life by answering this prompt: "Drawing from your experiences and the world around you, share a reflection or meditation on the theme of Advent."
Horizons - Can we dream of a renewed humanity? In this time of Advent, we are invited to explore our inner light and cleanse our gaze, welcoming both light and shadow with generosity.
We are called to straighten perverse attitudes and inadequate behavioral patterns of communication, as well as straighten the warped or broken relationships in our families, communities, presbyteries and society.
I think of the dormant seeds in our souls during this Advent and how, like the desert seeds, new growth comes with prayer and God showering us with his love and blessings.
Sometimes it is better to give and sometimes it is just as appropriate to receive. As we make our way through life's sometimes rocky roads, we learn to give generously and to receive with gratitude.
I can't help thinking — or am I just hoping? — that there is something in the traditional observance of Advent that is beginning to speak to people for whom Christmas is not a religious event.
Martin Luther King Jr. reminds us that we are not called to be lone prophets saving the world on our own. Rather, we are called to recognize that each issue or event affects each and every one of us at some level.
