Week 7 (Year 3, NL)

The annunciation is a story about a woman bearing forth the better things from the baser.

The traditional annunciation story bothers me even more than the word handmaid.

I probably shouldn’t treat my own son like he’s the Messiah. Imagine the pressure.

What if we did asystematic theology?

My Grandma Violet was the black sheep of our family. I think of her when I pray.

God promises to build a bayit, a house. But not one with boundaries.

Biblical scholar Tony Keddie shows how the conservative movement enlisted the Bible to help its cause.

There are things I found out about myself while I was pregnant.

We are still asking Mary's question: How will this be?

How do we say yes to the call of this moment?

I see love incarnate in suffering flesh, a body bearing a body in pain for love.

Mary and Elizabeth knew the basic truths of life.

When I read the annunciation story, I picture Mary as Clara.

I imagine Nathan waking to the word of the Lord with his heart pounding.