What Is Everyone Talking About?

After much debate, I decided to once again share this series of Christmas blog posts. I first wrote them in 2011, then reposted them in 2016. Every Sunday, for the next six weeks I will share the next post in the series. After maintaining this blog for nine years, I still think these are some of my favorites. Also, all of the pictures were taken on one of my recent trips to Kenya.   

 All the neighbors were filled with awe, and throughout the hill country of Judea people were talking about all these things. Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking, “What then is this child going to be?” For the Lord’s hand was with him. 

Luke 1:65-66 New International Version

Visitor: Excuse me, what is everyone talking about?

Dog: Well, you knew that Zachariah and his wife Elizabeth had a baby, didn’t you?

Visitor: No, I didn’t. I’m new to town.

Dog: They are a really old couple. Nice though. They throw their scrapes out to me. Anyway, they are really old and never had any kids, and then all of a sudden she got pregnant.

Visitor: Really?

Dog: But here’s the really wild part. When Zachariah found out they were going to have a baby, he suddenly couldn’t talk at all.

Visitor: Why was that?

Dog: The people say that it is because he didn’t believe that God could do this. But here’s the rest of the story. Today, when he wrote down that he wanted to name the baby John, suddenly he could talk again. He said that it is because he obeyed God.

Visitor: How did he obey God?

Dog: He named the baby John. Nobody could figure out why. Zachariah said that is the name that God chose for the baby. And that the baby is going to be very special.

Visitor: How is he going to be special?

Dog: I don’t know.

Rabbit: I do.

Visitor: Well, hello, I didn’t see you there.

Rabbit: It all has to do with Elizabeth’s cousin. She is going to have a baby too. And they say that baby is going to be even more special than John. John was born to lead the way for Mary’s baby.

Visitor: How do you know that?

Rabbit: Why don’t you go visit Mary and find out.

Visitor: Maybe I will have to do that. Where can I find her?

Rabbit: She lives in Nazareth.

Visitor: Well, thank you both for all of your help. I will have to check this out.