Sanctus Stercora

“A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. And he said to the vinedresser, ‘Look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground?’ And he answered him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure. Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’” Luke 13.6-9

Sunday, December 24, 2006

Advent IV, Interlude

While waiting for the sun to go down so we could celebrate Christmas eve, we watched a modern parable of advent, Ralph Hamner's The Homecoming: A Christmas Story.

This movie is the pilot for the long-running series The Walton's. It debuted in 1971. I was around the age of Elizabeth, the youngest Walton, when the series premiered.

The Homecoming is the story of a depression-era family, waiting on husband and father to return home for Christmas. The radio reports a snowstorm, and a bus wreck, and a frantic yet stoic wife tries to occupy her brood during the wait.

It painted exactly the picture I wanted to paint about advent. It was tough to watch this year, having just lost my grandmother, but it was a perfect interlude between advent and Christmas eve.

Good night, John Boy.

Sanctus Stercora

Sunday, December 24, 2006

Advent IV, Interlude

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