Traditionally on the second Sunday of Advent our attention turns to the prophets. 600 years before Jesus was born Isaiah was prophesying to a people who had no hope. He was telling them that a light would shine in the darkness. That a child was coming who would be the prince of peace. Fast-forward 600 years and John the Baptist emerges in the wilderness to tell people that the kingdom of God is at hand. The one whom Isaiah foretold has come. And he is coming with great power to separate the wheat from the chaff. Prophets are seldom popular but we are called to be the prophets of our own times and we can start that by listening. Listening to God, to society, to the pain and the hope of the ignored and the marginalized and to be a voice for those who have no voice and to be an answer to the prayer of the forgotten and to share the good news of the one who comes as the Prince of Peace.

Rev Liz