It was a birth like no other. A King born in a stone-hewn wayside shelter meant for travelers and their animals. The news of His birth was announced by angels and his visitors were herdsmen. His cradle was a feeding trough and his mattress old, smelly hay. Hardly the opulent conditions usual for a king….
Why Jesus? Why did Jesus come to earth in the first place? Have you wondered that? Why did God send His only Son to be born in such poverty, live so humbly, and die so tragically? What was the point? Don’t we have the 10 Commandments to tell us how to live? Shouldn’t that be…
Read the other posts in this series: The Unshakeable Faith of Mary and The Jesus the World Needs to Know The news must have felt like a punch in the gut. The ultimate betrayal. His fiance was pregnant, and it was certainly not with his child – he had remained pure. Tossing and turning on his…
I imagine the shock of the encounter she had that day stayed with her for many years. As if it were not enough that this being shows up in her room from nowhere, he starts off by greeting her in a very unusual way. Almost with a hidden meaning. “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord…
There is almost no busier time of year than Christmas. I have often found it ironic that as we echo the angel’s tiding “peace on earth”, we are tangled up in knots of stress, to-do lists, and calendars overflowing with appointments. We lay in bed at night anxious about getting the “perfect gift” for our…
