Delaware Communion Magazine
Winter edition | December, January, February 2025
The Episcopal Church in Delaware
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The Rev. Dr. Marta Illueca reflects during a season of longing and hope, considering how Christ’s promise of complete joy meets us in a world burdened by moral injury, and deep human need.
of Faith
and the Episcopal Church in Delaware
at the 241st
Annual Convention of the
Episcopal Church in Delaware
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Delaware Communion Magazine
The Delaware Communion Magazine, a periodical digital publication, is an official publication of the Episcopal Church in Delaware. The magazine is published three times per year —
Spring, Fall, and Winter.
Winter 2025 edition:
December, January, February
Diocesan Communications Team
| Contributors | Michael Redmond, Kristin Sausville, Jim Bimbi |
| Copy Editor (Delaware Communion) | Marie Smith |
| Copy Editor (The Net) | Jim Bimbi |
| Consultants | Beth Engler, Marta Illueca, Sheridan Kingsberry |
| Director of Communications & Public Relations / | Cynde A. Bimbi |
| Editor and Design |
About the Cover Image
The cover image visually reflects the article’s meditation on Advent hope in a fragmented and hurting world. The broken, reassembled round pottery represents our wounded world itself — cracked, fragile, and pieced together again — symbolizing the moral injuries and deep sorrows carried by so many today. Resting on the open pages of John 15 and 16 — Jesus’ promise that “your joy may be complete” — the weight of this “world” bends the corner of the text, mirroring the way suffering presses upon our lives and our attempts to make meaning.
From one shard of the pottery, a sliver of light breaks through, revealing that even in brokenness, Christ’s light still enters. The joyful figure looking toward that light embodies the hope and possibility of restored meaning and renewed joy. In contrast, the silhouette on the far right, cast in shadow and facing downward, represents those who dwell in sorrow, injury, or despair. Together, the image invites us to consider how Christ meets us in all these places—our darkness, our longing, and our fragile hope—offering a joy that is deep, healing, and complete. (credit: Cynde Bimbi)
