Every year I hear from more and more people who feel less than peaceful, less than hopeful, less than some expectation that was set by someone else. If you look back to the origins of Advent, it was much more of a season of repentance with fasting and penitence. What that tells me is that it wasn’t supposed to be a season of peace…it was supposed to be a season of stirring things up in order to prepare for the peace proclaimed in the birth of Jesus. So lean in to those unsettled feelings- let them have their voice…and then let God respond. – Pastor Trudy Stoffel
