Getting through Advent
Time
to do the Advent thing, I thought last Saturday night as my husband and I
prepared to study the Annunciation passage with an adult ed class. My mind went
to the hope that I'd be able to get away for a day or two this Advent season and
do some hiking, reflection and prayer at a retreat center. My husband thought
of the teen parents who use our church for a social services class--he wanted
to propose that members of the adult class prepare a Christmas party for the
teens.
But,
as often happens in this class, our discussion of Advent had little to do with our
lesson plans. The teaching-and the learning-came from the class.
The
question, "What do you want to have happen this Advent?" brought out these
comments:
