{"id":18026,"date":"2023-11-24T05:00:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/?p=18026"},"modified":"2023-11-22T14:48:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T20:48:51","slug":"season-21-preparing-for-advent-honest-longings-honest-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transformingcenter.org\/2023\/11\/season-21-preparing-for-advent-honest-longings-honest-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Season 21: Preparing for Advent: Honest Longings, Honest Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Advent is upon us again. This season, we\u2019ve invited artist, author, and speaker Scott Erickson to join us. Transforming Center team member Charity McClure is also on the microphone. Together with Ruth, the three will discuss how an honest Advent leads to honest hope. Using images from his book, Honest Advent<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>they will explore issues of vulnerability, humanity, and uncertainty, all while wondering where is God in these things?<\/em><\/p>\n

In today\u2019s episode, Ruth and Charity introduce us to Scott. He shares why he wrote Honest Advent, what he was trying to convey with the images in the book and what he means by this idea of \u201cHonest Advent.\u201d They all discuss what longing and waiting look like in this church season, why it\u2019s important to honestly hold both, and how the hope that God might still be doing something deeper, bigger, and truer than we can see keeps them present to what could be.<\/p>\n

\"Scott-Erickson<\/p>\n

S<\/strong>cott Erickson <\/strong>is an artist, author, performance speaker, and creative curate who mixes autobiography, mythology, and aesthetics to create art and moments that speak to our deepest experiences. He is the writer and performer of two one man shows, \u201cWe Are Not Troubled Guests\u201d<\/a> \u00a0and his current show, “Say Yes: A Liturgy of Not Giving Up On Yourself\u201d<\/a>. He is the co-author of Prayer: Forty Days of Practice<\/em><\/a> and May It Be So<\/em><\/a>, the author of Honest Advent<\/em><\/a> and Say Yes<\/em><\/a> , a Spiritual Director and a professional dishwasher for his food blogging<\/em><\/a> wife. Scott lives in Vancouver, WA and is most loved by his wife Holly and his children Anders, Elsa, and Jones.<\/p>\n

\"CharityCharity McClure<\/strong> has served the Transforming Center in several capacities over the past 10 years, most recently as Director of Strategy and Communications. During this time her work has deepened her own longing, not only for a way of life that works, but a way of life that creates space for beauty, purpose and meaningful connection with those around her. Charity is a tentative writer, an optimistic traveler and a committed bruncher. She lives in Glen Ellyn, IL with her husband Kyle and our three children Finn, Rhys and Elin.<\/p>\n

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