Seeds of Hope

Devotions for the season of Advent and Christmas

Daily except Sundays from December 1st to January 6th

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~ from a post on November 24, 2024 on the Lutherans Connect Facebook page

We all come from a seed and the first seeds were given by God in the creation of the world.  At a time of year when we have more darkness hours than daylight, it can be helpful to remember that the seeds of new life continue to germinate in the soil of the earth, preparing to come forth in their time.

How can we be like the seeds?  How can we be the refuge places, fostering new life?  At a time when the world feels a bit frightening, seeds remind us that their life force is unstoppable:  we can take courage that within our hearts lie the seeds of courage.

Join us this Advent as we reflect on the beauty of seeds and consider their role in the agrarian society of Jesus’ time, as well as the way in which seeds were helpful metaphors for Jesus’ own storytelling.  We will look at the keepers of the seeds in our own world and in Indigenous societies, and in agricultural communities where preserving seeds is essential to a way of life.  Finally, the project will build on last year’s Advent Celtic devotional, turning to Celtic wisdom about the earth and its capacity for endurance.

As we wait for Jesus to offer us hope, how can we ourselves generate hope from within our anxieties and doubts?  What is waiting to be born anew in us that needs the light of God to bring to fruit?”

These devotions can be accessed on the Lutherans Connect Facebook page, their blog, or by asking to be placed on their email list by writing to lutheransconnect@gmail.com.