Advent is the season for those who are far off and lonely, harassed and helpless, lost and trying to find their way home. It is the season for those who are shallow and materialistic, lazy and vain. Advent is for those who are waiting for something and who are also incapable of waiting. Advent is that time when God does not discriminate, when anyone of us may look up from our preoccupations and find God working powerfully and waiting patiently. Advent is about that which is coming and will come.
Advent is about the Kingdom's coming in our lives.
God's Kingdom is coming and every once in a while we look around and listen. In Advent we can even keep moving if we like. For a voice will cry out, an angel appear, a baby leap in the womb, wise men prognosticate, an empire tremble, as we find ourselves arriving at an inn for the briefest night's stay. And there we will hear what seems to us a rumor at first, and then a warm and heart felt tale and finally a life changing fact. God has acted.