Pastor Elizabeth begins noting that Mary was the most unlikely person in the Roman Empire through whom God would act magnificently. She quotes Howard Zinn, who writes that the history of humanity includes people acting terribly, but more often is the story of people acting magnificently in the face of difficulties. She concludes, “This season we are invited to make room for God’s presence amongst us, to house the holy. We are invited to follow God’s story of love and redemption, so that we can remember who we are whose we are, so that we too may become the people through whom God’s spirit can act magnificently.
