Week Two

Part 2: Conversations of belief with an unexpected visitor

This month all of our readings come from the first two chapters of Luke’s Gospel as we take time to enter the story of the Nativity anew, eyes open to the interplay between the expected and the unexpected. If you are using this material for personal study or as part of a group you may want to make time to read all of the first two chapters of Luke (perhaps prior to meeting if in a group) before returning to look at particular verses in the questions below.

Read Luke 1: 26-27

Six months later...The angel Gabriel...In Nazareth...A girl engaged to be married...Man called Joseph ...descended from King David… the girl called Mary…

What’s the point of the seven facts?

Read Luke 1: 28

Eugene Peterson in The Message translates the angel having said to Mary “Good morning! You’re beautiful with God’s beauty”.

Who is it that we need to view through angel eyes, helping them see God’s beauty in their lives?

Read Luke 1: 34-37

What is the difference between Mary’s question to the Angel and Zachariah’s question in Luke 1: 18?