Advent Week 1: Hope Reflection | Bonus Spoken-Word Episode
Nov 28, 2025 • Nate Preisinger
This Advent season, we’re taking a few minutes each week to reflect on Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love. And to mix things up a bit, I’m sharing a short spoken-word piece every week.
This week, I’m talking about Hope.
Hope and fear can live in the same space inside us — same heartbeat, same tight shoulders — but they push us in very different directions. Fear shuts us down. Hope asks us to open up, even just a little.
In this reflection, I’m naming that tension we all feel when life is unclear, and why Advent is the perfect time to lean toward hope while we wait for Jesus to show up.
If you’re needing that shift toward hope this week, I’m right there with you.
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