Heaven and Earth: Advent and Incarnation- Will Willimon (1st Week of Advent)
Heaven and Earth: Advent and Incarnation- Will Willimon Watch out. God is on the way. It’s not within our own power to make a fresh start. If we’re to have a future different from the past, it must come as a gift, something not of our devising. What we need is a God who refuses to be trapped in eternity, a God who not only cares about us but is willing to show up amount us and do something with us, here, now. Through these reflections using traditionally scriptures associated with Advent and his book, Heaven and Earth: Advent and the Incarnation, we follow Will Willimon’s guidance as he introduces us to the God who does just that, bringing heaven to earth and changing everything. In Advent, we celebrate and anticipate the earth-shaking, life-transforming good news that God is coming to us. Watch out. Get ready. God is on the way. Chapter 1: Meanwhile Focus Scripture: Mark 13:24-27, 32...