This is a series of daily email devotionals from Common Grace for Advent 2023 crafted by a diverse group reflecting on the longing, hope, and beauty of God’s ‘Common Home’ being realised, revealed, and renewed through the birth of Jesus.
“God’s great plan of reconciliation, the restoration of relationships and renewal of all things (Mt 19:28) is heralded through the birth of Christ. It is the moment that brings into vision the hope we have of God’s saving and restoring grace through Jesus Christ, God with us, who humbled himself by entering into our humanity and pointed to the renewal of God’s ‘Common Home’. A home where goodness and love and grace prevail; where justice and healing flows; where all people and creation flourish together, enjoying the goodness and relationship that God intends. It’s in the season of Advent that we celebrate the coming of Jesus alongside our deep longing for this vision of goodness, beauty, justice and flourishing of God’s ‘Common Home’ to be worked out and revealed in our world today.”