Glynn Cardy in Advent 2 sermon looks for hope in a broken world. "The hymns and readings of Advent speak of destruction, pain, and the hope of a divine rescuer swooping in from somewhere above the clouds. This rescuer will sort out the good from the bad, the “wheat from the chaff”, rewarding the former and barbequing the latter. The super saviour has long been the hope of communities weighed down and oppressed by savage governments and their policies. While destruction, pain, and oppression are unfortunately a part of our global reality, a spaceman saviour is not. " Read full text at http://www.stmatthews.org.nz/nav.php?sid=322&id=791.