Comments on: Advent – Song of Hope http://julieclawson.com/2007/12/05/advent-song-of-hope/ incantations at the edge of uncertainty Wed, 16 May 2012 10:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Julie Clawson http://julieclawson.com/2007/12/05/advent-song-of-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-8104 Julie Clawson Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:12:48 +0000 http://julieclawson.com/2007/12/05/advent-song-of-hope/#comment-8104 We wait in hope, just like the people waited for the coming of the Messiah. Sometimes going through the darkness helps us better see the light. It is both an individual and a communal act of waiting and accepting - and it does not always resolve the way we expect it to. No one expected the babe laying helpless in the straw, but God shows up in unexpected ways. God must break into our world to bring us hope and salvation - disturb our habits and expectations and deliever us into a new way. We wait in hope, just like the people waited for the coming of the Messiah. Sometimes going through the darkness helps us better see the light. It is both an individual and a communal act of waiting and accepting – and it does not always resolve the way we expect it to. No one expected the babe laying helpless in the straw, but God shows up in unexpected ways. God must break into our world to bring us hope and salvation – disturb our habits and expectations and deliever us into a new way.

]]> By: Susan Guyer http://julieclawson.com/2007/12/05/advent-song-of-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-8102 Susan Guyer Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:30:41 +0000 http://julieclawson.com/2007/12/05/advent-song-of-hope/#comment-8102 There seems to be a lot of "I's" in this song - which seems to be more selfish - and the song to be more self-pitying. There seems to be a lot of "I's" in this song – which seems to be more selfish – and the song to be more self-pitying.

]]> By: Susan Guyer http://julieclawson.com/2007/12/05/advent-song-of-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-8101 Susan Guyer Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:29:01 +0000 http://julieclawson.com/2007/12/05/advent-song-of-hope/#comment-8101 What do these lyrics have to do with the Hope of the Christ to come? (which is the purpose of Advent) What do these lyrics have to do with the Hope of the Christ to come? (which is the purpose of Advent)

]]> By: John a shepherd http://julieclawson.com/2007/12/05/advent-song-of-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-1598 John a shepherd Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:32:53 +0000 http://julieclawson.com/2007/12/05/advent-song-of-hope/#comment-1598 The last stanza is moving. Thanks for sharing this with all of us. I will be looking for that CD soon. Perhaps it will stay in my player a while as well. Nice to be on this journey with you. Blessings and HOPE! JOhn The last stanza is moving. Thanks for sharing this with all of us. I will be looking for that CD soon. Perhaps it will stay in my player a while as well. Nice to be on this journey with you.

Blessings and HOPE!

JOhn

]]> By: jim http://julieclawson.com/2007/12/05/advent-song-of-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-1592 jim Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:26:06 +0000 http://julieclawson.com/2007/12/05/advent-song-of-hope/#comment-1592 I have loved that song for years, and am planning on working it into my sermon this sunday on Advent Hope. thanks so much for sharing it. I have loved that song for years, and am planning on working it into my sermon this sunday on Advent Hope. thanks so much for sharing it.

]]> By: Jemila http://julieclawson.com/2007/12/05/advent-song-of-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-1589 Jemila Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:24:12 +0000 http://julieclawson.com/2007/12/05/advent-song-of-hope/#comment-1589 Those verses are beautiful -- painfully, achingly beautiful. I love the image of the rose breaking tender through the snow. Those verses are beautiful — painfully, achingly beautiful. I love the image of the rose breaking tender through the snow.

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