Darkness: An Advent Reflection

I’ve been working the last few months at Old South Church in Boston. It’s been a fascinating experience to serve a community this way, and I’m working hard and learning a lot. Every now and then I’m given the opportunity to offer reflection, and I thought I’d share my most recent reflection in this space. In this time of winter, of mounting waves of illness, of trauma and fear and grief, darkness feels in high supply. This reflection offers a vision for how we might work cooperatively with darkness. The whole service is lovely, and my words start at around 22:00 in.