Unexpected Joy & Mary the Mother of God

We talk about Joy, what it is and isn't, and what to make of joy amid experiences of depression & mental illness. We look at Joy through the lens of Mary the Prophet. She is the very first disciple of Christ. She is the first to know what God was doing in the world through Jesus. Mary has somehow been mis-represented as a meek and obedient mother. The Bible reveals a very different truth about her identity and her role in the story of God and God’s people. We will be looking at her words for us that are just as relevant today as they were when she spoke them.