During the first week of Advent this year, I preached a sermon titled Dark Hope. Humanity, I believe, has had it wrong for a long, long time and has used their erroneous logic to suppress, condemn, and isolate those whom they fear. Why humans fear that which they do not understand is the question we have been asking since the beginning of time.

Genesis 1:1-5 (NIV) The Beginning

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. ² Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

³ And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. ⁴ God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. ⁵ God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

It is interesting how the very first thing we believe a God who lived in the darkness would do is to create light and separate it from the dark. It should be no wonder that a religion formed based upon separation and segregation would be problematic.

God lived in the darkness of the void for an immeasurable amount of time before creating anything. In that darkness, They found the one thing we all seek: Hope. Dark hope. The hope was not the light. The hope God had inspired Them to create the light. Hope itself however, remains dark which is why if you are seeking light you will not find it.