Sandra McCracken on Navigating the Space Between: Reflections on Christmas Hope

Can a Poetic Pause Help us Embrace the In-Between Moments of the Season?

 

On this special Christmas Day episode of the Good Faith Podcast, host Curtis Chang and singer-songwriter Sandra McCracken each explore the nativity, the "space between" Christ's first coming and second coming, and how Christian faith holds grief and joy together in a world that often "does not mesh with Jesus." Featuring Madeleine L'Engle's poem "First Coming" and music from McCracken's Christmas EP I Heard the Bells (including "The Space Between"), this episode invites listeners to slow down, notice the small things, and find God's nearness in waiting and quiet wonder.

 

(00:03:02) Christian Response to a Troubled World

(00:04:22) Madeleine L'Engle's "First Coming" 

(00:08:35) Sandra McCracken's Christmas Reflections 

(00:12:14) What Is Blessing the Space Between?

(00:12:47) Songwriting and the Sacred Space Between 

(00:15:10) From Christmas to New Year's: Blessing the In-Between Times

(00:17:12) Nativity, Slowness, and the Nearness of God 

(00:20:01) Curtis Chang's Closing Reflections

 

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