We are now in the season of Advent —a season where we both (1) remember the waiting that happened before Jesus’ Incarnation (his first Advent) even as we (2) wait for his promised Second Coming. Both of these features shape how the Church has historically approached the days leading-up to the celebration of Christ’s birth on Dec. 25.
This year we enter into Advent amidst many great shakings that have rocked the Anglican world. A short list runs as follows…
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“What does he mean that there are no donut trees in the Garden of Eden?”
Simply, it means just that. There are no donut trees in the Garden of Eden, just as there will be no bourbon-bushes in heaven, nor jewelry-shrubs in the Resurrection. It points to the fact that God created a world with a potential for further creation. It points further to the fact that when God created Adam and Eve, He created them in His Image, and that a part of that Image is being a little creator —with a lower case “c”— like Him.
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