the companion

Advent at Central is markedly slower. We are waiting, as scripture invites us to do. It can be hard not to jump ahead into the stress and worried planning for the new year. The intentional, calming pace of this season, and the weekly sermons, have been particularly helpful for me in a time of anxiety and fear.

At Central, however, waiting does not feel like an individual task. We are not waiting in isolation. We wait as a community. We wait for the miracle cure, for the apartment, for the call back after the job interview, for the long-awaited appointment. Together, in this season of waiting, we hold the heaviness of life side by side as we wait and work for the promise of a world made new.

We wait and work, as Michael preached this week, together as companions in solidarity with our beloved community—a vision I will carry with me, offering the most perfect antidote to fear this Advent season.