As we prepare each year to celebrate the Incarnation, the Advent season reminds us that we live in an interim period between the First and Second Comings of Jesus Christ. In this book of twelve riveting sermons on a variety of Advent themes (all based on texts from Cycle B of the Revised Common Lectionary), Michael Ruffin explores the challenges of Christian living in this time between the First and Second Advents -- particularly the tension between the modes of patience and action. Though we await Jesus? return with hopeful anticipation, Advent waiting is active waiting. Ruffin's messages...
As we prepare each year to celebrate the Incarnation, the Advent season reminds us that we live in an interim period between the First and Second Comi...
Michael Ruffin has always been aware of his mortality. A deeply introspective child, as his parents and other people he loved died, he became increasingly aware of everyone else's mortality as well. Simultaneously heartbreaking and humorous, Fifty-Seven: A Memoir of Death and Life recounts Ruffin's ongoing journey toward realizing and embracing the permanent while loving and letting go of the temporary. At its heart, Fifty-Seven is the story of one person's struggle to be human.
Michael Ruffin has always been aware of his mortality. A deeply introspective child, as his parents and other people he loved died, he became increasi...
