Hope of a Starlit Night -- Matthew 24:36-44 (First Sunday in Advent)

11/27/22 • 17 min

First Presbyterian Church of San Anselmo

In the quiet of a starlit night, we watch, and wait, and hope – for Christ, already with us, and always on the way.

In the quiet of a starlit night, we watch, and wait, and hope – for Christ, already with us, and always on the way.

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First Presbyterian Church of San Anselmo - Hope of a Starlit Night -- Matthew 24:36-44 (First Sunday in Advent)

Transcript

This year, Advent began for me on a sunny, summer Sunday in July, right here on the chancel steps. Earlier that week, NASA had begun to release images that were coming in from the James Webb Space Telescope. We’d watched that on the news. During Children’s Time that Sunday, Patrick put some of those NASA images up on the screen. Do you remember? A hush fell on the room – I imagine at home too. Adults and kids alike – all of us together – in awe. We were starstruck.