Seasons, And Advent and Lent Podcast by Willow Park Church
We are living in a secular age. The sacred is pushed to the periphery. To keep The Sacred at the center of our lives can, at times, seem like an insurmountable task.
To be a religious person in an irreligious world may be the last act of rebellion. But as we take moments out of our busy schedule to sit down in the sacred, may we see the hope, Joy, peace and love of Christ form around us throughout this Christmas season.
In the Christian calendar, Christmas is anticipated by four weeks of waiting.
This is what we call Advent. 

Join us as we take time to reflect on the Hope, Joy, Peace and Love of The anticipated King, Jesus.
During Advent, we await the arrival of the Messiah of whom the Hebrew prophets spoke.
During Advent, we allow the messianic poems of the Hebrew prophets to seep deeply into our souls.
With Isaiah and the great company of Hebrew prophets, we wait for the one who will bruise the serpent’s head.
We wait for Immanuel—God with us.
We wait for the King to come to Bethlehem, who will shepherd God’s people.
We wait for the child born unto us upon whose shoulders the government will rest; we wait for the Prince of Peace in whose kingdom the lion lays down with the lamb.
Advent is about waiting—a practice most of us in our secular age struggle with, but a holy practice we would be wise to cultivate.
This Advent, we wait on the one who accepted us. The one who gave up his life for us to bring Hope, Joy, Peace and Love.
Today's reading comes from Romans chapter 15:7-13.
7 Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. 8 For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews[b] on behalf of God’s truth, so that the promises made to the patriarchs might be confirmed 9 and, moreover, that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written:
“Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles;
 I will sing the praises of your name.”[c]
10 Again, it says,
“Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.”[d]
11 And again,
“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles;
 let all the peoples extol him.”[e]
12 And again, Isaiah says,
“The Root of Jesse will spring up,
 one who will arise to rule over the nations;
 in him the Gentiles will hope.”[f]
13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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