tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199206538968620120.post5060175396286207318..comments2023-11-18T13:49:53.177-07:00Comments on Ministerial Mutterings: Looking Forward to December 12, 2010 -- 3rd Sunday of AdventRevGordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097575486388725733noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199206538968620120.post-14419831501486321052010-12-07T15:03:07.665-07:002010-12-07T15:03:07.665-07:00Over the past few years I've come to think of ...Over the past few years I've come to think of Mary as quite a rebel - beginning with her supposedly-meek "behold the handmaid of the LORD." Notice that she no longer belongs to her father or her fiance or her boss - she identifies herself as belonging only to God. In first century Palestine that was quite uppity!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com