Dietrich Bonhoeffer, God Is In The Manger: Reflections On Advent And Christmas Quotes
While it is good that we seek to know the Holy One, it is probably not so good to presume that we ever complete the task.
Advent creates people, new people.
Not everyone can wait: neither the sated nor the satisfied nor those without respect can wait. The only ones who can wait are people who carry restlessness around with them.
A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes - and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent