Join us this Advent Season as we reflect on the sacred using the concepts we learned during Lent when we studied “The Universal Christ” by Father Richard Rohr. This series by Marcia McFee from Worship Design Studios will guide us along this journey.

The Christmas season is a time when the juxtaposition of the sacred and secular feels sometimes blatantly opposed, and sometimes quite blurred. The word “sacred” points to something dedicated as “holy” and “set apart.” This year, you are invited to a spiritual journey of seeing ALL things pregnant with the Holy. What could our experience of the Advent and Christmas season be like if we lived it imagining that everything is reflecting the sacred?

During the Second Sunday of Advent, our focus will be on “sacred people” and love.

“May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus…” - Romans 15: 4-13

“This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said, ‘The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.’" - Matthew 3: 1-12

When we look through the lens of the sacred, we prepare our senses to recognize the holy in all people–to come to know them in a “steadfast and encouraging” way. Our world is crying out for harmony and being able to see the Christ reflected in each other makes a path for this to be accomplished. We are inspired this week to see our own walk upon this earth as part of the call to be sacred people who usher in the presence of love.