The winter solstice is just around the corner. The longest night of the year. For many in my community and congregation, this season is one of the most difficult times of the year. Sappy seasonal songs do little to compensate for the loneliness and isolation that rub hard at the underbelly of holiday cheer. It is easy to get lost and fall hard, often with the faint echo of Joy to the World within hearing distance. Many songs saturate this season. And yet few of them speak to the hurting, helpless, lonely and lost. This song spoke to me when I first saw it performed. There is a wonderful Advent message contained in this song. One day at a time. May the one greater than all of us, the higher power of healing and wholeness, recovery and restoration be present and real in all of our lives this season. Sola Deo Gloria.

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