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Emilie Grosvenor draws on Mary and the early church to meditate on the loss of a loved one.

Claire K. McKeever-Burgett reimagines the traditional Christmas Eve liturgy from Mary’s perspective.

Jo-Ann Badley explores artistic depictions of Gabriel’s visit to Mary to open our imaginations to God’s presence.

N. Ammon Smith seeks to learn from Mary’s response to unprecedented change.

Cabe Matthews suggests that the Christmas story is not about placid babies in the hay but about slaying a dragon.

Martin Achatz meditates on the crowded ventricles and atrias of maternal hearts.

Samuel Andri constructively reimagines Christian friendship with the help of Saint Mary, the Blessed Mother of God.

Jo-Ann Badley follows Mary through John’s Gospel, grieving and rejoicing in the hour of her Son.

In this poem, Sarah Neff imagines Mary consoling Eve.