jbeltowski36 days ago5 minAnne's Annunciation (Part 4)A knock rapped at the door. “Who would come at this hour?” Joachim grumbled beside me, turning over onto his side, pulling the wool...
jbeltowski3Mar 176 minAnne's Annunciation (Part 3)I could hear children laughing as they played outside. I heard the talk of women as they worked just outside the bedroom. I heard the...
jbeltowski3Mar 84 minAnne's Annunciation (Part 2)My relatives in Bethlehem scolded and questioned me for allowing Mary to vow herself to virginity. Every Jewish mother hoped to be the...
jbeltowski3Mar 13 minAnne's Annunciation (part 1)Nazareth of Galilee, Palestine St. Anne's perspective There had to be a great reason for Mary to gather us together in the bedroom at the...