Brewing Theology With Teer

Micah 5:2-5aLuke 1:39-45, (46-55)While the Good News of Christ’s embodied life fills me with joy, it is even better news for the people of a nowhere village than those living in an empire like, well, us. For people who live in the empire, with all the privileges of Pax Romana, those same privileges can blur our vision and prevent us from seeing that Christ would not be born and Virginia Hospital Center. Mary’s Magnificat was not sung in the Temple or National Cathedral. No, her song of praise and servanthood was sung in the backwoods as she and her cousin lived under the boot of the empire. We often say that God does not take sides, but God has done just that in Bethlehem and through Mary. In flesh and blood, God has taken the side of those on the margins.With those pulling a double-shift only to be barely able to put food on the table.With those working in the fields, feeding the empire while not being able to come out of the shadows.Mary’s boy with a birth certificate stamped in a one-donkey town takes the