Thread by @crazypastor

Advent is radical precisely because it’s not Christmas, and yet it does serve as a prelude.

And that prelude is full of firebrands like Isaiah and John the Baptist, their screams for justice piercing the ancient Middle Eastern skies.

“Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?”

Subversive prophetic witness is a prelude to a baby being born under oppression and on the run as a refugee — a child who would end up changing the world.

This is #Advent.

Mary’s Magnificat from Luke’s Gospel — her ‘song of praise’ — is the height of subversion and treason, in the eyes of Rome.

And it *anchors* the ancient Advent season.

Mary knew so much. And she sang it loud and proud.

Jesus didn’t enter this world without context.

God could have shown up **anywhere** in this world. But she CHOOSES not the silk-laden Roman halls of power, but the back of a 7Eleven — next to a dumpster off the freeway.

That’s where everything changes.

Advent isn’t about calendars (altho those are fun!).

It’s about the heavens being torn open and the spirit descending into a broken yet beautiful world.

It’s not quiet and pious — it’s loud and chaotic. 🤷🏻‍♂️

And I’m not just making this up because I’m a godless liberal.

I just take the Gospel accounts of Jesus seriously. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Ugh I ended that thread with two 🤷🏻‍♂️

and for that I apologize