Advent Calendar – 5 December
Nativity Stories: Mary The day it happened, I was a mess. I was thinking about Joseph, my betrothed, when the other one came. I’d seen him – Joseph – in his workshop when Michal took us there. She was always…
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Advent Calendar – 4 December
Nativity Stories: Elizabeth He usually came back tired. Four days, sometimes five on the road, and him not getting any younger. But this time, he burst into the house, making shapes with his hands when no words came…
Advent Calendar – 3 December 2025
Nativity Stories: Gabriel They’re always afraid. However I appear, and I can seem as ordinary as the man sowing wheat in the field next to you, I always scare them. I understand: their hearts are open to me, and…
Advent Calendar – 2 December
Nativity Stories: Zechariah I had my consolations. Of course it hurt month by month when her blood flowed and we knew it was not to be. It would have pained any man. But, as I say, there were consolations. …
Advent Calendar – 1 December 2025
Nativity Stories: Isaiah I’m long dead. I had my time, heard the word, said my piece, and left the field. I didn’t just speak the truth, I lived it too, going about without a stitch for three long years, baking…