As we share our feelings of dread and sadness in prayer, we ask God to lift us up to a place of gladness.

The Bible furnishes us with countless examples of servants of God whose initial query is, “How can this be?” So it was with Mary, so it is with us.

Sometimes we face a praying slump. We just feel...dry, unproductive, and empty.

Often, God’s plan is underway well before we understand it.

There are many people who have gone before us, both in our biological and spiritual families, who have quietly and obscurely served God, loved others, and increased the amount of good in the world.

Whatever else the virgin birth may be, it doesn’t represent the domestication of the divine.