Tag: Joseph

• Journey to the Manger: Donkey

  A donkey met us on the path as we continued our Journey to the Manger today. We don’t know how Mary and Joseph traveled from Nazareth to Bethlehem. Many traditions and depictions of the Nativity show Mary riding on a donkey. We don’t know what animals may have been in the stable where Jesus is […]

  Jill Cobb

  December 14, 2014

  Christmas, Christmas Countdown, Journey to the Manger

  Bethlehem, donkey, humble, Jesus, Joseph, King of Kings, manger, Mary

• Journey to the Manger: Caesar Augustus

  Today we took part in the census ordered by Caesar Augustus on our Journey to the Manger. And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. So all went to be […]

  Jill Cobb

  December 13, 2014

  Christmas, Christmas Countdown, Journey to the Manger

  Bethlehem, Caesar Augustus, Census, City of David, counted, God, Joseph, Journey to the Manger, Luke 2, M&Ms, Mary, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, value