Conversations with God

Hello God, it’s me, Mara:

A long time ago when we were kids ‘training’ for Christmas shows, we almost didn’t have ‘nuf kids’ to make the ‘show’ a go! The Church was small, ‘bout ‘leven kids, they all wanted a part. Teacher, Ms. Kay, assigned the roles; she had a caring heart.

One gal, Mary, had her robe ‘stuffed’; ‘actors’ were all ‘pre-teens’! Joseph would lead ‘stick-horse’ donkey – now that was quite a scene! Came to an INN, asked for a room, Innkeeper said, “Not HERE!” But pointed back behind the Inn, “The stable is quite near.” “Most all is clean, a manger’s there and it has nice fresh ha...