We know this to be true, Loving God: You speak to us and our spirits vibrate with your call. You breathe upon our lives and we breathe in your peace. You sing, and our feet pick up the tune. You turn the world upside down, and our hearts are lifted high. Your light pierces the darkness. Your justice overturns the powerful. Your grace shatters the illusion of our own grandeur. In so many moments, surprising and unexpected, we witness the way you transform the world. Transform us. May the God of light wrap you in stardust as you are on your way, this Advent, to meet our baby king.

Rev. Adriene Thorne, Senior Pastor, First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn