The Longing of Advent

Advent begins the church year in the dark, looking toward Christ's return as much as toward the manger. Weaving together Isaiah's call to walk in the light, Paul's armor of light and Jesus' warning of the thief in the night, Alex Cain names honestly the tangled darkness of the present age. A Ukrainian children's choir singing through grief becomes a small, real sign of the light believers already taste while they wait.