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EPISODE · Dec 22, 2025 · 12 MIN

How Long?: Learning to Wait in the Ache of Longing

from The Bertonians · host Robert Alexander Portillo

Waiting is easy when it’s inconvenient. It’s much harder when it hurts.In this Advent reflection, Alex sits with one of Scripture’s most uncomfortable questions: How long? Drawing from the opening lament over Jerusalem, this episode explores the kind of waiting that doesn’t come with quick resolutions. The kind marked by silence, loss, and longing.Rather than rushing to hope, this conversation lingers in the ache, examining why Scripture makes space for mourning, why Advent begins in the dark, and what it means to wait with courage in a culture that avoids both grief and stillness.Scripture: Lamentations 1:1Links: ⁠www. sanberto.com/links⁠Donate: ⁠www.buymeacoffee.com/sanberto

Waiting is easy when it’s inconvenient. It’s much harder when it hurts.In this Advent reflection, Alex sits with one of Scripture’s most uncomfortable questions: How long? Drawing from the opening lament over Jerusalem, this episode explores the kind of waiting that doesn’t come with quick resolutions. The kind marked by silence, loss, and longing.Rather than rushing to hope, this conversation lingers in the ache, examining why Scripture makes space for mourning, why Advent begins in the dark, and what it means to wait with courage in a culture that avoids both grief and stillness.Scripture: Lamentations 1:1Links: ⁠www. sanberto.com/links⁠Donate: ⁠www.buymeacoffee.com/sanberto

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