47: Prepare Him Room (with Brian Delamont)
Guest: Brian Delamont
As we anticipate the season of Advent, Brian Delamont shares a helpful framework for understanding this season, noticing themes of remembrance in Scripture, reflecting on our life rhythms, and creating space for observing Advent.
- Episode 9: The Advent Project
- Check out the Advent Project here!
- Adventus (Latin) means arrival or coming, which is a translation of parousia (Greek)
- “The season of Advent is this time when followers of Jesus reflect on the ‘advent’ or the comings - both of them - of Christ to earth. At Advent, we reenter our anticipation of Jesus, who came as the Word made flesh to dwell among us, but we also anticipate His second coming.”
- Revelation 22:20
- “We look back and we look forward at the same time.”
- “The practices of the Christian year remind us of God’s order [...] God is a God of rhythms.”
- “When we practice this celebration of His incarnation, we recalibrate our lives in real time.”
- John 7:37
- Genesis 2:15
- Exodus 20:11
- “Advent is the preparation for the long-awaited Messiah, the Lamb of God, God incarnate as the Word made flesh who dwelt among us.”
- Change something: What will you change that will give space and opportunity for a meaningful Advent?
- Prepare something: What will you create as a visual reminder?
- Use the power of community: How can you partner with someone during this season?
Advent Reflection: What shapes the structure or rhythm of your life?
Advent Theme: Hope
Revised Common Lectionary: Jeremiah 33:14-16
What’s changing our lives:
- Keane: Experiencing a warm Christmas
- Heather: Knowing the back-story of Taylor Swift music
- Brian: Prayer text thread with family
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