Once out of the cocoon, the new butterfly has much to do to prepare for flight. Wings are not yet ready. Small and undernourished, they long for expansion - to move beyond this awkward in-between-ness. When the angel informs Zechariah that the unexpected child they were gifted in old age would be named John, he was literally speechless. This was not a traditional name, not one that would be "namesake." This was a new thing. Are we willing to let God's possibilities nurture and fill us in ways we never imagined?