Impossible Possibilities

This podcast contains Derek Weber's dramatic reading of a passage from Isaiah 11, then the Children's Moment and Communion Meditation. This is the second Sunday in advent, and the scripture is part of a vision in Isaiah 11 that starts with the “stump of Jesse” and describes with imagery a world in which there are peace and love. Rev. Nancy Parker is preaching and gives a personal example of a fig tree she and her husband planted and cared for that appeared, after the first winter, to have become a “fig stick.” But with care, they eventually saw a branch or two leaf out. She says most of us know how it feels to be a “stump,” waiting for life, and that is what Advent is all about – waiting for life with belief in the power and presence of God. Advent, then, is holy anticipation.