The First Christmas


Joseph, a Simple Man

Now I’m a simple man. A simple man living in a small town. And, as you know, life is simple in a small town. Small towns are full of good, simple people. So I’m a simple man living a simple life in a simple town with other simple people.

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Changing the world

Jeremiah stepped quietly inside the house, closed the door softly, and moved over to stand by the fire. Such behavior worried his mother, because usually her young son burst through the door and forgot to close it.

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The Friendly Beasts

“I,” said the donkey, shaggy and brown, / “I carried his mother uphill and down,

I carried his mother to Bethlehem town. / I,” said the donkey, shaggy and brown.         

And I did, you know. Now being a donkey, I’m not good with maps and figuring miles, and I sure didn’t count my steps. But I can tell you that it was a long journey.

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The Old Man’s Story

“This is the story I was told when I became a Follower,” he explained. They had no written stories, but that did not matter, because they could not read. What they had was memories from people who had known Jesus or who had heard his stories from them.

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The Black Lamb

Are you surprised that lambs can talk? I don’t normally talk to people because they don’t expect me to say anything other than “Baaaa, baaaa.” But I have a special story to tell, and the only way I can tell you is if you let me use your language.

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Are You the One?

“What’s his name?” All my relatives had gathered around me, a brand-new baby boy, well, not entirely brand new. It had been a week since I came out of my mother’s womb.

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