This Christmas, we might find ourselves not at the inn but in the stable, sitting by the manger next to Mary. Waiting for her world, our world, to be changed, even to be reborn. Indeed, it’s time for new.

In Living Lutheran’s December issue, we are given the opportunity to ponder with Mary the time, coiled with tension, between “How can this be?” and “Nothing is impossible with God.” Click here to read the piece; the study guide is available here.