Second Advent Sunday
Today is the second Sunday of Advent; the Sunday to reflect on Peace. I thought about how little peace I actually feel during the Advent/Christmas season. In the ministry, December is anything but peaceful: there are special services to plan, the Lottie Moon Christmas offering (for the CP of the SBC), the increased awareness of other people's needs, shopping lists (one stressor I would love to eliminate from my life altogether!), Christmas parties, and all manner of special celebrations to mark the holiday season, and to add fuel to the fire, our congregation will begin the process of searching for new staff replacements. To be sure, this Advent has been anything but peaceful for me. I also thought about how little peace there is in the world as a whole. I say "little" because I don't think the world is completely void of peace. After all, there are those moments when one sees the sun set and watches the horizon crack with all the colors of nature's pallet; t