Today I am teaching online for most of the day, which includes leading prayers (with Communion) for Advent 1.

Setting up my office this morning brought back memories of 2020 when, every Sunday, I would hang fabric to disguise my bookcases, stack books to form a 'table' and spend disproportionate amounts of time tweaking the set-up.

So it is today.

I am glad to be part of a tradition that had /has no theological hangups over Zoom Communion.

I am glad that out of lock-down came new opportunities for communication, fellowship and teaching/learning.

Advent 1 holds many bittersweet associations, and stirs within me a melancholy that I think is healthy and helpful,

Whatever Advent 1 means for you, may the candle flame of hope lighten your journey.