We welcome the season of Advent with a series on some frequently overlooked characters in the story of Jesus’ birth,
starting with a message from Pastor Ryan about waiting: active waiting, passive waiting, and – like Simeon – waiting
with God.
This week, Alison continues our Advent series by looking at the character of Joseph, a man about whom little is written
and who is often painted in the shadows of our nativity scenes. Why did God choose this man, a poor carpenter who would
not have fared well on Tinder, to be the earthly father of Jesus?
When we hear the Christmas story, we often imagine the innkeeper as the gruff proprietor of a commercial hotel, but …
that’s not really what – or who – he was. Today, Ryan shares the story of this man’s radical hospitality.
