Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"Plunge Yourself Into Obscurity:" The Hidden Years of the Boy Jesus* for Sunday, 27 December 2009; book review: *Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome* by Anthony Everitt (2009); film review: *The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans* (2009); poem review: *From God Christ's Deity Came Forth * by Ephrem of Edessa.