By Mary Generally, I make it a practice not to engage in the game of “What if . . .?” You know the one. What If I had done this instead of that? What if I had said this and not that? It’s closely related to the game of “I wish I had . . … Continue reading
By William Scruggs I moved with my wife to Winter Hill in the summer of 2019. The neighborhood just outside of Boston was still normal then, at least by 2021 standards, but it didn’t feel like home. Not until I started to notice Marys looking out from most of the neighbors’ gardens. A few stood … Continue reading
By Rachel Gunter Shapard 26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, 27 to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And he came to her and said, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with … Continue reading
By Andrew Nash War is hell and, for a teenage Mary, living through the Syrian Civil War, hell was every day. “Every day while going to school, we believed this is the day we are going to die,” she said. “Death was the main incident in our lives. There was no security or peace in … Continue reading