If we were watching Mary’s newsfeed in this day and age, we would see there was an utter blackout in information from the time Jesus was twelve to thirty years of age. Suddenly, as she activates her page, we are invited…
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Have you ever lost one of your children? I am the mother of four boys and I have had this experience numerous times. One such time was at Disney World…
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We are all-too-familiar with the scene in the above Scripture, as it has been a major piece of the Christmas story. However, two words jump right off the page that are often missed in the familiarity of the content—“flee” and…
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Yesterday, we got to peer into the life of an ordinary young girl who willingly submitted to an angel’s extraordinary request. Her response: “Be it done…
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I have always been fascinated with Mary the mother of Jesus. Not only because she is a notable figure in the Christmas story, but rather because I believe she is one of the most misunderstood and underestimated women in the Scriptures…
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I am so eager to introduce you to Andrea Maher, author of Slammed, Overcoming Tragedy in the Wave of Grief. I met Andrea after…
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Stop for a moment and let this truth sink in. In the middle of your deep grief, daughter or son of the King, when you are so afraid of the future you can barely breathe, so terrified of…
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The angel and the message of the angel terrified Mary. How do we know? Because the angel commanded: Do not be afraid, Mary. These few words reminded Mary…
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Every circumstance becomes an eternal opportunity to reflect Jesus. If you are struggling with loss, I know this is hard. Grief is hard work and…
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Like countless women before me, I have sat at Mary’s feet in dark moments, longing to see inside her heart and hear her story of bearing the…
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Perhaps you are in a dark place where you dread Christmas. I get that. I was there for a very long time. To this day, over twenty years after the deaths of our son…
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Mary the mother of Jesus joins our motley band as we Journey to Christmas. Imagine her joy-filled eyes as she runs to embrace Tamar the Forgotten One, Rahab the Harlot, Bathsheba the Abused and…
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Soon we will start putting away the Christmas decorations, sweeping up pine needles, maybe throwing out leftover sweets, determined to keep our New Year’s resolution to…
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The core value of Solomon’s Book of the Proverbs is the fear of God. Where did Solomon learn this principle? Who taught Solomon how to…
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For the rest of her life, Bathsheba paid a high price for the lustful desires of David. What would have happened if she had refused to…
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David was at a fork in the road. Would simmering rage toward God for taking his son be the grid through which he lived life or…
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Imagine that we have stopped for the night on our Journey to Christmas. We are exhausted from our preparations for Christmas and listening…
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What did Bathsheba think when the King’s men came to get her. The literal translation is to get, lay hold of, seize, snatch, take…
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Bathsheba, the fourth woman mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus, joins us on our Journey to Christmas. As her story unfolds you might find it hard to imagine…
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Have you ever done a pregnancy test and held your breath with dread, hoping for a negative result? Bathsheba feels your…
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