History, Real Life and Faith
The Advent story begins with Zacharias meeting the angel Gabriel–as found in Luke 1. Somehow over the years, I’d missed several interesting aspects of this event. Let’s start with the first: who were Zacharias and his wife Elizabeth? Members of the Aaron line, they both came from the family of priests. In 4 BC, which is when this event probably…
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Diana Brandmeyer’s The Festive Bride begins in a reflective tone. Diana’s novella is a poignant story of love between a widow and a widower, which reflects her own personal experience–though she didn’t have to fall in love quite so fast! The 12 Brides of Christmas stories all feature gifts and that’s where Diana began thinking about her story. “I wanted to…
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I don’t know about you, but I’ve tried to handle family relationships with peace over the years. This Thanksgiving I’m not having problems, but in the past, I’ve run into difficulties. It’s not my fault if the in-laws, siblings, cousins, aunts and uncles and even children don’t agree with my brilliance. Er, don’t see eye to eye with me on a variety of…
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We are thrilled this Thanksgiving because some of our vegetarian relatives will be joining us. I’m not sure if they’ve ever been with us on this holiday that centers around eating turkey. Menu aside, it’s about time we got together! As in so many things, we’re all trying hard to accommodate each other’s needs, which include finicky toddlers, nursing moms…
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As a veteran writer of 50 novels, Susan Page Davis loves historical fiction and often finds inspiration from her family history. While her own family always had a Christmas tree–no surprise since she grew up in Maine–she was interesting in writing a story set in a place where trees were hard to find. In The Christmas Tree Bride, Polly moves to…
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This is the third and final segment of Who is Biddy Chambers? Here are parts One and Two. What became of Oswald Chambers‘ widow? Biddy Chambers was a young woman when her husband died of complications after an emergency appendectomy. A hard working talented mother with a young child, she stayed on in Egypt ministering at the YMCA camp at Zeitoun…
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