Buechner on Advent

The extraordinary thing that is about to happen is matched only by the
extraordinary moment just before it happens. Advent is the name of that moment.

Frederick Buechner,Whistling in the Dark

Bonhoeffer on Advent

A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes ... and is completely dependent on the
fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad
picture of Advent.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer,German pastor and philosopher (1906-1945) imprisoned and executed for his attempt to overthrow Adolf Hitler.

Giving My Full Attention

I believe in person to person; every person is Christ for me, and since there is only one Jesus, that person is the one person in the world at that moment. - Mother Teresa