“The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.’” (Mt 3:3) We read this passage every year during Advent. But the language is foreign to our context. The only straight roads I have driven are in Kansas, western Colorado, southern Illinois, and a stretch across the panhandle of Texas. There is no such thing as a straight road in Tennessee, and anyone who has ever lived in Chicago (as I... Read more