Sermon | ”Paying Attention to Mary” | December 19

Songs always have a way of capturing the heart, but Mary sings because her heart was captured. Her song is both a response and a prophetic word of God's work. Far too often, the evangelical world too quickly dismisses the role Mary has to play in the birth narrative. Her heart was captivated by the God who fulfills his promises and her response, like others in Luke's gospel who sing, was to worship even as she waits. Today, we have the opportunity, in our waiting, to learn much from this young mother about God's coming kingdom.