Disrupting Darkness Continues

Three 1-hour sessions that coordinate with our Advent retreat will be held at 10 am in the DeSales Center Hospitality Room and virtually on ZOOM at 7 pm. on Dec 11, Dec 18, Jan 8.

You’d never know it from Christmas pageants and drive through nativities, but the Christmas story was dangerous and subversive in its time, threatening an Empire that oppressed women, poor communities, and religious outsiders. This same story is equally counter-cultural today. Disrupting Darkness: Light, Love, and the Birth of Jesus is for anyone willing to uncover the true meaning of Christmas and discern how it calls them to live differently.  Email Lynn Sale for more information and to sign-up.

• Dec 11 - Yes, Mary Knew
  Mary's radical song, the Magnificat, envisions a world in which hierarchies are leveled, the oppressed are set free, and when women speak, they are heard. We will reflect on Mary's visionary hope as told by the Gospel of Luke.
  
  
• Dec 18 - Luke’s Story
  Luke’s radical claim is that Jesus identifies not with the wealthy, but with the oppressed. We will explore the joy-filled, radical story of Jesus' birth according to Luke.
  
  
• Jan 8 - Matthew’s Story
  Matthew’s radical, dangerous challenge to the Roman Empire – and the American Empire. We will explore the harrowing story of the epiphany, which points to how God's love calls us to cross the national, religious, and cultural boundaries that divide us.