Tag: Mary

  • The Fall of The Busy Bee

    The Fall of The Busy Bee

    I had someone invite me to something recently. “I understand if you can’t come,” he said, “pastors are really busy.” What a sad commentary on the expectation that pastors don’t have time for people because of their schedules. There’s something wrong with that. I know, I know. There are sermons to prepare, office hours to…

  • Christmas

    I woke up to the stench of manure and the sound of goats only to remember I was currently in a place that I never wanted to be. The woman I was soon to marry was forced to give birth in a barn and the only place for her baby to sleep was in a…