I have just been wondering. there is a euphoria all around me and in me. it seems it is advent again but what the advent again?
How can i realy understand advent. any way, i am thinking about it because i am a christian. so i should understand it as a christian but what kind of christian?
I am a christian in the 21 century. Before being a christian, i am an african boy. Maybe i have misplaced priority here but i have reason enough to do so.
What is the future in the african conceptual world? For an african, i think, this numerical calculations that call us into events are beyond us. i.e that now it is 40 days and we are now preparing and then He will come. Had it been that it is an actual event that is calling us into the mental constructs that are advent, an african would be at home with that, I suppose.
I have just been wondering if all this has any significance to a youth of today. and more so for an a christian youth who is an african, who has had the experience of africa with its bright side and dark side.
our conceptual world, as many would argue, runs from the now to the past. when we look at the now and how the now has come to be from the past and how the past is still directing the now, is there any reason as to why we may give a damn about Advent? Understanding why we may or may not give a damn should be the consern of our elders especiall those leading us in faith. i am still exploring.