Timberline Old Town

Advent Prayer: In our dark nights, we cry to youIn our bright days, we forget what we longed for May our cries echoMay our longing be immediate In our sharp minds, we pray for your comingIn our wavering hearts, we can't decide if the road is open or closed May you clear the decksMay we raise the gates on our tollbooths. Here we gather as hopeful witnesses to revolutionary birth.Going from here we encounter oppression in mind and action. Disrupt us to new lifeAdvent us to your longing for your children. Let not sorrow be ruler.Clear the way for Joy as the undexpected King. Amen.   Scripture:  Psalm 30   Advent Benediction: A Future Not Our Own by Archbishop Oscar Romero It helps, now and then, to step backand take the long view.The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts,it is beyond our vision. We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction ofthe magnificent enterprise that is God’s work.Nothing we do is complete,which is another way of sayingthat the kingdom always lies beyond us. No statement says all th