Mary, Let's Go To The Barn
Luke 2:1-20; Matt 1:18-25
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by Brett Blair

I love this story: A grade school class was putting on a Christmas play which included the story of Mary and Joseph coming to the inn. In that class was one little boy who wanted very much to be Joseph. But when the parts were handed out, his biggest rival was given that part, and he was assigned to be the inn keeper instead. He was really bitter about this.

So during all the rehearsals he kept plotting in his mind what he might do the night of performance to get even with his rival who was Joseph. Finally, the night of t…

ChristianGlobe Networks, Inc., Adapted from John Simmons, by Brett Blair