- The paper came today. The Carroll County News reports that the statue of the Baby Jesus from the creche at Basin Spring Park has been found. It was damaged beyond repair and covered in Nazi grafitti. Two have been questioned, and since no information about them was given in the paper, I suspect they were juveniles.
- Four people, including two juveniles have been arrested after a crime spree of burglary, criminal mischief, and theft in Eureka Springs and rural Carroll County. They spray painted buildings, a city gazebo, and damaged several mailboxes-that one comes with a federal charge.
- The body of Kaylee Anthony was found near her home. Marie reminded me that her mother Kaycee had said all along that Kaylee wasn't far from home. It's sad how all the best lies contain a grain of truth.
It's hard to say "Merry Christmas" after looking at the paper. What people do is outrageous. Still, I read in scripture (Luke 1:26-38) that a maiden once told a messenger that she would be the handmaiden of the Lord, willingly. Such grace under pressure that would produce the ultimate grace under pressure.
We are in a sin-sick world, but once, a young woman said yes. Saying yes, she became the theotokos, the one who bore God into the world. Because she said yes, we can say yes to the offer made by the one she bore into the world.
Saying yes to the offer God makes always seems harder than saying yes to the stuff that makes us feel good. But when those birds come home to roost, it shows when left to our own devices, we pick the hard way everytime.
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