Advent is a season of prayerful waiting and preparation for the celebration of Jesus’ birth. MCA’s Visioning and Renewal process is also entering a season of prayer. In coming months we are invited as individuals and congregations to open ourselves to God in prayer. We are invited to listen for God’s voice as we consider what God may be calling us to be and do. How might we prepare the fertile soil of our hearts and minds to receive the seeds God has in mind for us? As we celebrate the coming of the light of Christ into the world, may we open ourselves anew to hear the calling of God’s voice.