The people who walked in darkness
have seen a great light;
those who lived in a land of deep darkness—
on them light has shined.
— Isaiah 9.2
”Little lights they are, mostly,
strung in trees and tacked up along eaves:
small lights that couldn’t light a room,
and yet they brighten the street
and beautify the whole neighborhood.
A small light you may be,
but be a light nonetheless.
Be an Advent candle,
a living sign of the coming… Continue reading

