Advent Week 3: What Child is This?

This Sunday, we celebrate the third Sunday of Advent, the unending “Joy that Responds and Resists” and wonder what joy Mary’s courageous “Yes" and expansive song might bring to us today (Luke 1:26-56). The Advent season is filled with contrasts: hope rising from despair, peace that breaks things, and unending joy emerging from difficult circumstances. These contrasts captivate our imaginations, draw us deeper in, and tell us something powerful about who God is, how God works, and the power, promise, and possibility of the child born to Mary. Whether you are overflowing with joy this season or struggling as the light declines; come, explore, wonder, and discover the path to unending joy wherever you find yourself on the journey. We encourage you to join us as we seek the true nature of joy—a strength that moves beyond fragile feelings and actively makes us whole.