Thresholds: Crossing into God’s New World

Threshold of Prophecy 

This week, we stand on a threshold. Not just the threshold of another Sunday, but a threshold in time and in hope. Advent calls us to notice these thresholds—to linger at the edges of what is familiar, to step lightly toward what God is doing anew. And this week, our eyes turn to the “threshold of prophecy,” captured beautifully in our Gospel reading from John. 

The Word was with God, and the Word was God. Everything begins here, in the quiet of cosmic possibility. In the midst of tumult, fear, and the very real suffering around us, these words are a balm and a challenge. The world feels fractured; our communities, our nation, even our hearts, are often frayed. Yet the Word—God’s presence in Jesus—enters our world, not as an abstract idea, but as love breaking into the ordinary, the Divine walking in the streets of our towns, hope in the cold of winter. 

It’s natural to find ourselves hesitant to cross thresholds. But John reminds us that thresholds are where prophecy lives. Prophecy calls us to see, to speak, to hope, and to act, even when the world is messy, even when fear whispers that it’s safer to stay put. As snow presses against windows and the days grow short, we are reminded that God’s new world comes not in the loud proclamations of power, but in the steady, transformative presence of love made flesh. 

This week, as we prepare for Christmas Eve, we are invited to step toward the threshold of prophecy with courage. We remember that God enters our world—not perfectly, not conveniently, not on our terms—but fully, vulnerably, and with an invitation: to walk with God into life, even now, even here. 

Come Sunday, we’ll explore what it means to live as people who cross thresholds, who bear hope, and who proclaim the Word in a time that needs it desperately. Until then, may your hearts stay open to the unexpected ways God is already breaking in among us. 

Peace, 

Pastor Katie