About the Author: Carolyn Sharp

Carolyn Sharp

  • Luke 1:39-56: Magnificat for a Broken World

    By Published On: January 12, 2012

    Mary’s song promises that God brings about wondrous reversals in the world: showing favor to the uncredentialed and ignored (“the lowly”); rendering ineffectual the machinations of the arrogant (“scattering the proud in the thoughts of their hearts”); bringing down those who exploit positions of power; lifting up the poor.