Joseph and the Moral Imagination

When faced with Mary’s unexpected pregnancy, Joseph considers his options. We imagine he talks with his family or friends, consults Biblical texts he has memorized as a child, prays, listens to his own sense of conscience – engaging, in other words, his moral imagination. What begins as a noble exercise in Joseph’s moral imagination leads Joseph to experience the presence of God, learn the will of God, and join that will at work in the whole creation. Larry Hayward preaches from Matthew 1:18-25.