Light and Dark: “Both Holy, Both Life-Giving”

I have come to appreciate Advent so much more without the light/dark binary. Rather, I see darkness as the generative space in which light is conceived and from which it is born. Both holy, both life-giving.

– Rev. Wil Gafney

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Honoring the Darkness While Remembering the Light
• The Christmas Tree as Icon, Inviting Us to Contemplate the “One Holy Circle” of Both Dark and Light
• Dark Matter: “An Intriguing Aspect of the Universe”
• Photo of the Day, 5/3/2015: “Black Is Sacred”
• “And Still We Rise!” – Mayday 2015 (Part I)
• “And Still We Rise!” – Mayday 2015 (Part II)
• Something to Cherish
• Sweet Darkness
• God’s Good Gift

Related Off-site Links:
Holy Blackness: The Matrix of Creation – Wil Gafney (AllSaintsChurch.org, December 1, 2019).
Holy Darkness – The Inner Journey (December 17, 2018).

Image: Michael J. Bayly.