(This post is an excerpt from A Theology of Desire.) Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?” The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God. (Luke 1:34-35 WEB) Luke is the only gospel writer to capture this moment, and shortly after these words, the account fades to black. But God has given us the gift of imagi

(This post is an excerpt from Where True Love Is.) If within the city a man comes upon a maiden who is betrothed, and has relations with her, you shall bring them both out to the gate of the city and there stone them to death: the girl because she did not cry out for help though she was in the city, and the man because he violated his neighbor’s wife. Thus shall you purge the evil from your midst. (Deuteronomy 22:23-24 NAB) Prepare to be shocked. According to today’s Deuteron