“And behold [David], you are caught in your own evil, for you are a man of bloodshed!” (from II Samuel 16:8)

I just returned from a trip to England visiting towns northeast of London – where my mother’s relatives lived in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries – searching for churches where they had worshiped before their immigration to the New World.

James Sholl is a 3rd year MDiv Pioneer student. He loves Jesus, people, cooking, and board games--in that order. Below, he shares his reflection for the first week of Advent on the theme of hope, based on Luke 21:25-36.

Passage for reflection: 

Gospel Meditation for Ash Wednesday by Principal Peter Mason.