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| But what if the tables were turned, and Mary and Joseph were walking down … our streets? Would we have taken them in? Would we have seen the miracle? Would we have brought gifts? These are the questions a Canadian youth asks in a wonderful Christmas book called Northern Nativity. Here author william kurelek brings to life 20 different Christmas dreams where Mary and Joseph appear in modern-day Canada. The problem is that most people don’t recognize them. The couple and the baby sometimes are Ukrainian immigrants or First Nation people or just another one of the families needing food at the homeless shelter. Every dream begins and ends with these questions: “If it happened here as it happened there … If it happened now as it happened then …” These are excellent Advent questions, questions each of us should wrestle with. Here are several ways that you can process them for yourself or with others. • Buy Northern Nativity and use it as a 21-day countdown to Christmas (1 dream each day plus the introduction, making it a good devotional for 21 days). See below for specific book information. • Visit a homeless shelter and volunteer your time there. Go with the expectation that Jesus is already there, as one or maybe several of the regular attendees. Come expecting for them to give you a gift—the gift of faith, the gift of laughter or maybe the gift of hope. Continued... |
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