The signs of his presence are blind people who can see, the lame who walk again, those whose skin diseases are cleared, the deaf who can hear, the dead who are brought back to life, and the poor who have reason for delighting in the good news they hear.

If these are the signs of his presence and we are the ones who say he is coming, what are we going to say when they ask where he is? What are we going to do to justify our claim that he is on his way?

Singing carols with mince pies afterwards is not enough.

from “The Signs of His Presence”