Some of us have been living in a dark night of the soul for so long: mental health struggles, complex grief, anxiety about our country and our loved ones, fear that we have broken the Earth beyond repair. Let’s get it over with already! Or it might be, as in Narnia, always winter and never Christmas, always the cold dim waiting of Advent and never the birth of Jesus, bursting onto the scene with warmth and light, the cosmic saving, God coming home to humans. We might be living through a Game of Thrones kind of winter–the eternal threat that “winter is coming” but never seems to actually arrive. Then, in a bit, look for the light.”įor some of us, the night has been all too long and the songbirds flown far south for winter. That chirp sings, delightedly “I know something you don’t know. All we have to do is listen for that first chirp. It’s a symphony that signals us, the audience: whatever you are going through, however bleak, however broken your situation seems, however stuck you may feel in a dark loop that never ends, stumbling and lost, a new morning will dawn eventually.Īnd there is a herald for that dawn. It’s called the Dawn Chorus, the hour before sunrise when one bird, then two, then dozens break into song, warbling the world awake, singing the sun to its appointed duty. Share with a friend who needs slowing down, and solace. Make the prompts your daily spiritual practice, or do 4 in one day and be forgetful for a week. Download this year’s Alternative Advent Calendar here ↑! Print it out on pretty paper, stick it on your fridge.
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