Today is the first Sunday of the new church year. We ask God to stir up your power, and come! The psalmist’s plea in Psalm 80:2 has become familiar to us in the Advent prayers. When we hear Jesus describing the coming of the Son of Man with stars falling from heaven, it can sound dire and horrible, not like anything we would ever hope for. But when we really look at the suffering of people God loves, we can share the hope that God would tear open the heavens and come.