THE ADVENT SERIES PART 6- THE WORD BECAME FLESH!
The night was cold, sharper than Mary expected. Bethlehem smelled nothing like Nazareth. The air was heavier here, thick with smoke from cooking fires and the sour breath of animals penned too close to human shelter. Donkeys shifted their weight nearby, hooves scraping stone. Sheep bleated softly in the dark. Somewhere behind the inn walls, […]
THE ADVENT SERIES PART 5 – LONG ROAD SOUTH
The decree reached Nazareth at an inconvenient time. It always did. Rome had a way of interrupting life when life was already strained. A census, the messenger said. Everyone must return to the town of their lineage. Names recorded. Property counted. Allegiance measured in numbers. Joseph listened quietly as the announcement was read near the […]
THE ADVENT SERIES PART 4 – THE OBEDIENCE OF A FAITHFUL MAN
Sleep did not come easily to Joseph that night. When it did, it came like a thief, slipping in only after exhaustion loosened his grip on waking thought. His body lay heavy on the mat, but his mind wandered restless corridors, replaying words he could not unhear and images he could not unsee. Mary’s face. […]