To be properly po-mo, I really need to go here with my minor character spin-offs. So today’s minor characters are, The Wombs. No, I’m not kidding. So anyway, the wombs. There’s a fair bit of action going on in them. Let’s pick it up at the end of Mary’s conversation with the angel, who has …
Continue reading Advent 2023 #22: The feminist post… or is it?
As we continue our post-modern spin-offs with the minor characters in the nativity, we come today to Elizabeth, Mary’s older cousin. We know from Luke’s account that Elizabeth was “well along in years” and had never had a child. Much like Mary, an angel announces that Elizabeth will become pregnant, with the child we now …
Having gotten very 21st century in my last couple of posts, I think it’s time to go all the way and explore some ‘minor characters’ in my last six posts leading up to Christmas Day. Consider this their spin-offs. Let’s start with Herod. He features in Matthew’s account of the Magi’s journey. Herod seems to …
Following on from yesterday’s post I’m going to continue blogging about my Morning Meditations book that I bought at Dymocks. Now before you think I’m some massive supporter of Dymocks, I’d like to let them know that they’re responsible for my personal details being on the dark web. Yes… that data breach. Thanks for nothing. …