Luke 1:26-38 and Mary's answer: let it be to me according to your word. Faith as consent rather than certainty.
Mary's Magnificat in Luke 1, from a preacher who opens by noting he is six inches shorter and twenty years older than the one people came to hear.
Luke 1:5-17 again, the day after Pearl Harbor Day, with a pause for those who went before — on remembering what a culture is quick to bury.
Zechariah in Luke 1, struck silent at the altar of incense while the people prayed outside — opening an Advent series on hope and faith.
Job 42 and Job's reply — a hand over the mouth, and an ending that restores without ever answering the question that was asked.
God answers Job out of the whirlwind with questions rather than explanations: where were you when I laid the earth's foundation?