Reformed, Hopeful, Always Reforming
A few days before Christmas, as I was walking from the parking ramp where I’d left my car to the hospital, I saw a patient transport vehicle leaving another parking garage. The driver hollered out the window, so I walked back to where they were, noticing the passenger in the front seat wanted to say […]
Read More Is There Joy?The last in a series of entries in an imaginary journal, as we think about what might have been in the mind of Mary. “God has helped God’s servant Israel, in remembrance of God’s mercy, according to the promise made to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants forever.” It was a long night. […]
Read More Mary’s Pregnancy Journal–Final EntryContinuing a series of entries in an imaginary journal, as we think about what might have been in the mind of Mary. “God has sent the rich away empty.” The government has ordered a census. Some officious idiot in Rome thinks it’s nothing to drag whole populations back to family homesteads just so they can […]
Read More Mary’s Pregnancy Journal–Entry NineContinuing a series of entries in an imaginary journal, as we think about what might have been in the mind of Mary. “God has filled the hungry with good things.” Things here at home have been so much better than I had hoped they could be. The moment I got home, Mom and Daddy and […]
Read More Mary’s Pregnancy Journal–Entry EightContinuing a series of entries in an imaginary journal, as we think about what might have been in the mind of Mary. “God has shown strength with God’s arm, and has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.” Elizabeth tells me that God spoke, and I became the fulfillment of God’s word. I […]
Read More Mary’s Pregnancy Journal–Entry SixMary’s Pregnancy Journal—Fifth Entry Continuing a series of entries in an imaginary journal, as we think about what might have been in the mind of Mary. “God’s mercy is for those who fear God from generation to generation.” I have been afraid of a lot of things lately: I’ve been afraid of what my neighbors […]
Read More Mary’s Pregnancy Journal–Entry FiveThe fourth in a series of entries in an imaginary journal, as we think about what might have been in the mind of Mary. “For the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is God’s name.” Elizabeth’s baby is special, too. For one thing, he is a feisty little guy; part of […]
Read More Mary’s Pregnancy Journal–Entry FourOur final unearthed entry from Gabriel’s log—for now, at least—tells of the Battle of Bethlehem—James Hart Brumm Personal Log of Gabriel, Messenger First Class, Trumpeter Second Class, Advance Unit of the Assault Division, Armies of the God Who Is and Was and Is to Come (also known as the “Heavenly Host”) Here we are, finally […]
Read More Gabriel’s Log, Fourth Entry