The Night of His Birth

We begin December in the season of Advent, a time to pause, wait, and wonder; the start of the Chrisitan New Year. And we end the month at the beginning of the Christmas season (or the twelve days of Christmas), where we remember Jesus' birth and the audacious truth that God walked among us as one of us. Throughout the month, we tell sacred stories that are some of the most familiar in our Bible, Jesus' birth and all that led up to it. We are invited to enter these sacred stories once again with wonder, noticing what catches our imagination this time.

“The Night of His Birth” by Katherine Paterson and Lisa Aisato imagines what Mary is feeling, thinking, and experiencing before and after Jesus' birth, including her impressions of her loved ones' reactions to her pregnancy. Beginning "Sing out, my soul, the wonder..." the words and images are both earthy and ethereal, inviting wonder beyond what is in the pages of our Bible.

“The Night of His Birth” by Katherine Paterson and Lisa Aisato. Published by Flyaway Books in 2019.