Somewhere I read about a meeting of a group of software designers. They were using typical technical jargon to discuss a data exchange interface with a vendor.
One engineer said the programming that had been ordered was delayed because the vendor was suffering from a “severe nonlinear waterfowl issue.”
Curious, the team leader raised his eyebrows and asked, “What exactly is a severe nonlinear waterfowl issue?”
The engineer replied, “They don’t have all their ducks in a row.”
On this second Sunday of Advent, John the Baptist comes to ask us if we have a severe nonlinear waterfowl issue. Do we have all our ducks in a row for the coming of the Messiah? Luke tells us that the coming of John the Baptist is the fulfillment of the prophecy of Isaiah, “A voice of one calling in the wilderness,…