There are moments in life when the Promise breaks through - moments of sheer ecstasy. A child is born. The sun rises over a Gulf beach of sugary white sand. A lover shares a closely-guarded secret. The water splashes into this font.
Bread is broken.
Wine is poured. The Promise is sure. In this world life isn't always what we hope for, and tasks don't get finished, and things don't turn out as we planned. It's messy and ugly, and sometimes downright tragic, and it isn't fair. We have the notion that God lives in some other world, on the far side of the Jordan, telling us we can't cross over.