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[2523.48 --> 2525.48] He's always almost there |
[2526.48 --> 2528.48] And their longing |
[2529.48 --> 2530.48] Is never resolved |
[2531.48 --> 2532.48] The ache remains open |
[2532.48 --> 2533.48] Because their waiting |
[2533.48 --> 2534.48] Is never satisfied |
[2535.48 --> 2536.48] With his arrival |
[2537.48 --> 2539.48] And for some of us |
[2540.48 --> 2543.48] This 1953 play |
[2544.48 --> 2545.48] Echoes our current moment |
[2546.48 --> 2547.48] Echoes our hearts |
[2548.48 --> 2549.48] Even right now |
[2550.48 --> 2551.48] This is our truth, right? |
[2552.48 --> 2553.48] There's this ache in us |
[2553.48 --> 2554.48] For the always almost present |
[2555.48 --> 2556.48] There's a longing |
[2557.48 --> 2558.48] That's never resolved |
[2558.48 --> 2559.48] That exists in our heart |
[2559.48 --> 2560.48] That's always just open |
[2561.48 --> 2562.48] And hoping |
[2563.48 --> 2564.48] But we start to wonder |
[2564.48 --> 2565.48] Is hope realistic? |
[2565.48 --> 2566.48] Or is it this delusion |
[2566.48 --> 2567.48] I have to buy myself into? |
[2568.48 --> 2569.48] And Christmas, honestly |
[2570.48 --> 2571.48] Is for many people |
[2572.48 --> 2573.48] In the world today |
[2573.48 --> 2574.48] A chance to disguise this reality |
[2575.48 --> 2576.48] For just a brief moment |
[2577.48 --> 2578.48] Right? |
[2578.48 --> 2579.48] To color over it |
[2579.48 --> 2580.48] With Hallmark movies |
[2580.48 --> 2581.48] Or to stuff it full |
[2581.48 --> 2582.48] With what Kevin says |
[2582.48 --> 2583.48] Are apparently uncounted calories |
[2584.48 --> 2586.48] But that fades |
[2587.48 --> 2588.48] And our hunger returns |
[2589.48 --> 2590.48] And that longing in us |
[2591.48 --> 2592.48] Rises up again |
[2593.48 --> 2595.48] Bubbles to the surface |
[2596.48 --> 2597.48] In Samuel Beckett's world |
[2598.48 --> 2599.48] Someone never comes |
[2600.48 --> 2601.48] In the modern search for meaning |
[2602.48 --> 2603.48] Everything feels elusive |
[2603.48 --> 2610.48] Just out there |
[2611.48 --> 2612.48] Always almost present |
[2613.48 --> 2614.48] But the truth of Christmas |
[2615.48 --> 2620.48] That shines so bright for us this morning |
[2621.48 --> 2622.48] Is that someone is coming |
[2623.48 --> 2624.48] That someone has come |
[2624.48 --> 2625.48] And in fact |
[2625.48 --> 2626.48] That someone will come again |
[2627.48 --> 2628.48] Right? |
[2628.48 --> 2629.48] And that contrast is that |
[2629.48 --> 2630.48] It's the moment of the world |
[2630.48 --> 2631.48] Right? |
[2631.48 --> 2633.48] And that contrast is powerful |
[2634.48 --> 2635.48] In Beckett's world |
[2636.48 --> 2638.48] Waiting doesn't culminate in arrival |
[2639.48 --> 2640.48] In John's Gospel |
[2641.48 --> 2642.48] Waiting ends with incarnation |
[2643.48 --> 2644.48] Right? |
[2645.48 --> 2647.48] Where Beckett's characters fill the silence with talk |
[2648.48 --> 2650.48] So that they don't disappear into nothingness |
[2651.48 --> 2652.48] John proclaims boldly |
[2653.48 --> 2654.48] The word became flesh |
[2655.48 --> 2657.48] And made his dwelling among us |
[2657.48 --> 2658.48] Waiting for Godot |
[2659.48 --> 2660.48] Waiting for Godot |
[2660.48 --> 2661.48] Is what the world looks like |
[2661.48 --> 2662.48] If verse 14 never happens |
[2662.48 --> 2666.48] And at the deepest level |
[2667.48 --> 2668.48] The human longing |
[2669.48 --> 2671.48] Beneath all other longings |
[2672.48 --> 2673.48] Is not a longing simply for answers |
[2674.48 --> 2675.48] Or for relief |
[2675.48 --> 2676.48] Or for improvement |
[2677.48 --> 2678.48] It's the longing for presence |
[2679.48 --> 2680.48] Right? |
[2680.48 --> 2681.48] The longing to be with someone |
[2682.48 --> 2684.48] We ache to know that we are not alone |
[2684.48 --> 2686.48] And that reality itself |
[2687.48 --> 2688.48] Is not indifferent to us |
[2689.48 --> 2690.48] And that the meaning is not something |
[2691.48 --> 2693.48] We must manufacture alone in the dark |
[2694.48 --> 2695.48] This is the ache |
[2696.48 --> 2697.48] If you've been with us through our Advent season |
[2698.48 --> 2699.48] This is the ache of the waiting |
[2700.48 --> 2701.48] That Zechariah and Elizabeth |
[2702.48 --> 2703.48] That Anna and Simeon had |
[2704.48 --> 2706.48] This is the ache behind Mary's surrender |
[2707.48 --> 2708.48] And Joseph's obedience |
[2709.48 --> 2710.48] This is the ache behind the shepherds |
[2711.48 --> 2712.48] Needing to tell someone what they have seen |
[2712.48 --> 2715.48] And the Magi's longing to worship |
[2716.48 --> 2717.48] This is the ache behind the angels |
[2718.48 --> 2719.48] Singing a cosmic Christmas |
[2720.48 --> 2721.48] Instead of a cutesy one |
[2722.48 --> 2724.48] This is the ache of God with us |
[2725.48 --> 2726.48] Of God come down |
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