Acknowledgements I am grateful to all of those who have contributed to the vision and task of this Advent meditation. To the Right Reverend Edward L. Salmon Jr., Dean of Nashotah House—thank you for supporting and encouraging the vision of this project. To Mr. Charleston Wilson—thank you for your tireless work in both helping to shape the vision, as well as coordinating all of the contributing writers. To LaRae Baumann—thank you for your diligent work in pulling all sorts of details together that were so greatly needed. To my wife, Bliss Lemmon, who designed the meditation and packaging—thank you for creating beautiful things that create space for reflection. To Jeneen Floyd—thank you for so graciously counseling my editing work. And to all of the contributors—thank you for your willingness to take the time to help guide us through this Advent season. As you know, this is the first (and hopefully not the last!) attempt at doing something like this at Nashotah. May you be blessed by the richness of thought that comes from each meditation. Let the following words of St. Augustine, in his own reflection on the Incarnation in John’s Gospel, guide you:
Extend your hearts, help the poverty of my words. What I shall be able to express, give ear to; on what I shall not be able to express, meditate. Who can comprehend the abiding Word? All our words sound, and pass away. Who can comprehend the abiding Word, save he who abideth in Him? Wouldest thou comprehend the abiding Word? Mr. Ryan T. Boettcher Editor
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