Wild Mary
I’ve been captivated this Christmas by different artwork depicting Mary the mother of Jesus: sometimes alone, sometimes with Elizabeth, sometimes with Jesus, sometimes medieval, or iconography, or modern interpretations, time and again different artists finding in her story their own invitation to receive Immanuel, God with us. (Artist: Scott Erikson - he has a beautiful Advent reflection book with his artwork which is well worth your time) God with us – those have been the words I’ve chewed over and over this year, when we’ve not been able to celebrate by having anyone else with us, when in so many ways we have never been so alone. Mary, who with Joseph faced government regulations that put her out of her comfort zone and security net, to go and birth alone and unsupported. It’s in that place of isolation, anxiety and fear that God chooses to show up. It makes me wonder whether this here and now is also where he wants to show up for us too. What does it look like for God to show
