Tag Archives: mary and joseph

Try to imagine what Joseph and Mary felt as he laid the baby Jesus into the manger. They both knew what angels had told them about this newborn child. Their joy could have been overwhelmed with panic -- at the very least, bewilderment.

Early Christians believed that Mary and Joseph did not have sex, but there was much more that was worth learning from that relationship.

In a couple weeks Yossef and I were texting each other like pros.

I was milking the goats in the shed when the mail came. I could hear Mother’s voice—calm, polite, everyday.