In the eyes of the world, Mary was a nobody living in a nowhere town. She expected her life to take the traditional trajectory. She would marry young, have children, and live a quiet life of servitude, eventually fading into obscurity.
But the Lord foresaw a different trajectory for her life. He would grant her the highest honor among women. She, a (more…)
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called (more…)
As a writer, I love stories. I read them. I write them. I tell them. Actually, I tell them all the time, especially my favorites.
So if you know me and you love me, I’ll be polite and give you a heads-up that you should just scan the next six paragraphs. You’ve heard the story many times over.
One of my very favorite stories is (more…)