The Annunciation Reveals How God’s Story Isn’t About Us

Finding the courage to take a minor role in God’s ongoing drama

Photo by Anne Nygård on Unsplash

I’m humbled when reading the Annunciation story during Advent (when the Angel Gabriel tells Mary she will give birth to the Messiah). The one thing that continuously strikes me is how much the scriptural language focuses on announcing and proclaiming Jesus as the…