Category: Religion

Advent is the time in the church cal­en­dar when we are sup­posed to look ahead, in expec­ta­tion, in hope for redemp­tion. Today at church, the priest, whose hom­i­lies are very lulling, gave me a bit of food for thought about hope. He described hope as a cen­ter from which two pos­si­ble bas­tard [he did­n’t say bas­tard, but it is the right word to use] ver­sions may arise. Despair on one end, and pre­sump­tion on the oth­er.
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