On a Sunday in early December last year, our pastor spoke about Mary, the mother of Jesus. He said something about how perhaps the Roman Catholics talk a bit too much about Mary’s role and the Protestants do not speak about it enough. That is probably true. As part of Pastor John’s sermon, he showed some clips about a teen girl discovering she was pregnant. He reminded us that Mary was that young, and that being with child without a husband at that time and in that culture was not good. She could have been stoned to death. And yet her faith in God was strong enough to be courageous about this. |