Thursday, September 8, 2011

If you were in his sandals...

If you were Luke, who would you interview, and why?  Imagine what it would have been like to read the original manuscripts and speak to the eye-witnesses.  Imagine what it would be like to not read Mary's "Magnificat," but hear the passion as she recites it to you with a quiver in her aged voice.  Imagine hearing Thomas' version of the occasion when Jesus showed the disciples his nail scars.  Imagine stooping down to look Zacchaeus in the eye as the wee little man tells about his tree climbing days.  Men formerly blind, formerly demon possessed; women formerly prostitutes, formerly a step lower on the social ladder now members of the Church...  cool, huh?

Did Luke interview these people?  We have no idea.  We know from chapter 1 verse 2 that he interviewed some of the eye-witnesses to Jesus' ministry, so, why not?  If you were in his sandals, who would you interview, and why?

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