Timberline Old Town

For Advent, we’re following the guide Celebrating Abundance by Walter Brueggemann. We want to create space to sit in the tension between our illusions of abundance and the abundance of newness. Or as Brueggemann says about Advent: "Advent is preparation for the demands of newness that will break the tired patterns of fear in our lives." Advent 2: Energy At Midpoint Song: Reckless Love by Bethel Recognition of Souls Prayer:  By your loving spirit, may Advent be a time of remembering and giving thanks, and also a time of renewing our energy and our resolve for mission. May we rest and obey. Amen. Song: Nothing I Hold On by United Pursuit Readings & Commentary: Isaiah 40:31   From Celebrating Abundance: The poem [in Isaiah 40] reflects a faith community in which the possibilities of the Gospel seem to have failed. We might call it burnout. They could not generate the old vitality. Nothing seemed to work. In this world, appeal to the power of God did not carry much weight. Song of Reflectio