Zechariah doesn’t trust the angel so the angel strikes him dumb.  Shuts him up.  Which is totally unfair.  Zechariah’s done nothing out of the ordinary for a religious leader.  He’s just walking through the annual liturgy doing exactly what his seminary taught him to do.  Speaking the prescribed words.  Doing the prescribed rituals.  Offering the … Continue reading What (Not) to Say to an Angel Bearing Truth