Advent Meditation: Week Three

This four-part meditation series savors the season of Advent through the Gospel of Luke. Luke begins his account of the arrival of Jesus by first introducing us to a cast of characters who have been waiting on God’s promise for a very long time. This series explores the theme of waiting through the characters of Zechariah, Elizabeth, Mary, and Simeon and Anna. You can read their stories in the first two chapters of Luke.


Week Three: Mary

Luke 1: 5-25, 57-80


In this third practice we sit with Mary, a woman whose hoped-for future changes in an instant, and notice her response to God's promise to her.

Inhale: Your glory

Exhale: my good