“A voice cries out in the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.” Isaiah 40:3

The prophet we know as Second Isaiah lived in the midst of chaos. Plunging stock markets and political unrest had nothing on his time. Israel was about to go home. Decades of exile in the wilderness of a foreign land were about to end.

It was like having someone like Martin Luther King Jr. stand up and say, “I have a dream. But it’s not about the distant future. We are going to live to see this dream come true. We’re finally going home!”

Do you have the sense that we are living in exile? In what ways? What forces press in upon us and dislodge us from our values? Do you feel that at this time of year? Do you feel far from where you would like to be, as a person, family member, church member?

Is there any good news in the chaos of our times? How do we live gospel values in the midst of uncertainty? Is it easier or harder to live the faith in a turbulent time? What roads need to be cleaned up to prepare us to be a more peace-filled community? How do people in our lives need to be comforted?

So many questions....


Peter



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