Now that Matthew has finished his genealogy, he starts his narrative. We would not have much of a Bible without the narratives, but sometimes the biblical authors frustrate us. We always want more details. We want to know where the characters come from, what happens to them as they walk off stage. Just as we are starting to identify with a character, she will disappear, never to return. Matthew is no different. Right in his second sentence, he does the thing that frustrates us. He presents a scene that could be full of drama and emotion, but glosses over it in a few words. Speaking of Mary, he says, "she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit" (Matthew 1:18). When we read that sentence, we don't want to skip over it so quickly. To us, this looks like a drama that Days of Our Lives…