beginning Sunday 15 November my yearly series on Advent will be published here with a prologue.
‘angelic voices’ is the theme of 2020 advent wonders, and, in draft form, their 8 publishing dates are:
Friday, 4 December ‘a soft voice’
Monday, 7 December ‘a clear voice’
Friday 11 December ‘Mary’s voice’
Monday 14 December ‘ancestors’ voices
Friday 18 December ‘manger’s sounds’
Monday 21 December ‘lament’s cry’
Thursday 24 December ‘love’s voice’
Saturday 26 December ‘silence’
Angels are mentioned in only one of the above titles by design. These pieces look, move and, hopefully, will touch very familiar texts in a different form. Angelic voices, as a trope, a metaphor, is embedded in unexpected places throughout the Advent scriptures. From prophets to priests; from Micah to Zaharias; to Mary and Joesph, we hear. We hear sorrows and joy; lies and promises; cries and silences. People here speak as angels speak. Answers, promises, warnings and directions are in these angelic voices. All speak.
And sometimes there are also silences.
Yet, what all these voices have in common is God and his love through, to and within his word. His voice is love, angelic love, and in this Advent we hear, experience, live his love
1 John 4:19 ‘We love because he gets loved us.
We love because his angels always speak to us. They aways speak. Always.
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