An Advent Story (Part 1) – Jacob the elder

As has become my annual practice, beginning today and for the next three weeks, i will be posting a total of four stories about the incarnational birth of Jesus. They are fictional first-person accounts of the events that surrounded the advent of Jesus. Some of the characters and details contained in each story are fictional, but you will find the truth they convey to be very REAL! My prayer is that through the stories you are reminded of the Good News of the Advent this Christmas season. To that end, let’s look at each part of this story through the eyes of four very different eyewitnesses:Part 1 as told by Jacob the elder (This week – November 30th)Part 2 as told by Clopas the uncle (December 7th)Part 3 as told by Eliezer the cousin (December 14th)Part 4 as told by Annas the scribe (December 21st)