12 8 21 Good News for a Weary Time
Channel: Russell Brownworth
Date: 08/12/2021

We’re in the middle of Advent, a time for reflection and preparation.  At the first Advent it was a time of oppression.  Roman soldiers occupied Mary and Joseph’s country.  Taxes were high.  Government was a heavy hand, hard and capricious.  Mary was expecting her first child any moment.  Even at Mary’s tender age the exuberance of youth could be reduced to barely an ember.