Do you hear what I hear?
Having my birthday in Advent makes me wonder: What if Jesus had grown old and dealt with changes like hearing loss?
Brother
For all of my life in church I have noticed that one of Jesus’ basic formulas for the parables was to begin with, “A certain man had two sons . . . ” and, almost inevitably, the story had to do with how the brothers responded differently, and, on occasion, how they responded to each other.
I am the older of two brothers.