Seeds of the Impossible Kingdom

This Advent, our community is interacting with the lectionary texts from Isaiah each week. With Isaiah's visions of swords turning into plowshares and lions playing with lambs, it's not exactly the easiest of tasks. "Welcome to Advent, where the people of God declare the coming of the impossible!" I've said for the past two weeks. In all truth, however, this is a high calling for us this season. We are to be the people of light in a world filled with shadows, and let's face it, that ain't easy. This year, our community is focusing on an Advent theme of "the seeds of God's realm/kingdom," which means we are reminding each other that we're not off the hook for seeking the impossible, no matter how hard it seems. If this is what the dream of God looks like, our job is to live into it with every bit of intention we've got