Sensing the Season (Week 1)

The sound of surprising hope and skeptical silence. The sight of a glorious angel and a terrifying future. The taste of crushing betrayal and total rejection. The smell of a messy manger and perfect love. During Advent, the month-long season of waiting for Christmas, we retell the stories that lead to Jesus’ birth, but what happens when we place ourselves in the stories, and try to sense what it was like to live these stories in the moment? This December, we’ll revisit the stories of Zechariah, Mary, Joseph, and the birth of Jesus in a 4-part series called “Sensing the Season. Today we turn our attention to Zechariah and his story of Hearing Hope.