A clergy colleague shared the story of her seven-year old son's first experience of a night baseball game at PNC Park surrounded with the many large stands of lights he commented, "the darkness doen't go down that far."
I loved that story the first time I heard it years ago and in these dark, scary times through which we journey (and we will make it through...) and on this longest night of the year (welcome Winter!) I appreciate it even more and return to it often.
Perhaps it's the fact of being born and raised in southwestern Pennsylvania where we average only 60 sunshine days a year. I was shocked when I first learned this fact, yet, admit I like the cloudy November days, they are familiar, they are home to me. Please understand, I also really like sunshine! Bright days of summer are glorious and I am energized by sunny days in winter, the light glistening off the snow.
Light has a constancy to it; a reliability that in the morning the sun will shine. In these uneven and uncertain times, I need that constancy. With today's official start of the winter season, minute by minute light makes a comeback!
Salt and light are two metaphors Jesus used to define his disciples; add a little flavor to your witness, make 'em thirsty for more!
Be the light;
Bring the light;
Bear the light --- this is the one needed most in this current time when it is easier to just bemoan and quit. Yes, we are scared, angry, troubled, divided.....the perfect time to be who we claim to be --- light, to be the very best version of our disciple selves. Let there be light --- bring it!
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