Christmas Through Mary's Eyes
Can you believe that Advent begins in four weeks? What will your church or small group study for the Advent season this year that will help you...
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The Light of the World
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through...
No Room in the Guest Room
While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid...
A Most Unnerving Song
For he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant.Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed;for the Mighty One has done...
Ein Karem
When the angel Gabriel told Mary she was pregnant, she also learned that her older cousin Elizabeth was expecting a child. Now, Mary knew that...
Joseph Did What the Lord Commanded
When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took her as his wife, but had no marital relations with her until she...
Little Town of Bethlehem
We turn from the story of the Annunciation (the announcement that Mary would have a child) to the story of how Joseph came to know that Mary was...
Travel Notes: Sepphoris and Nazareth
Sepphoris is an old Roman city just three miles from the smaller town of Nazareth. At the time of Jesus’ birth, Sepphoris was a bustling city with a...
Can Anything Good Come Out of Nazareth?
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the...
Mary’s Hometown: Nazareth
It’s been said that the Holy Land is the fifth Gospel—that in walking its streets and tracing its terrain you have a chance to see the biblical...
Introducing WALKING THE ROAD TO BETHLEHEM
Two years ago I wrote The Journey, describing and reflecting upon the events leading to the birth of Jesus. It was the second book in my trilogy about...
Room in the Inn?
Merry Christmas! Today, we end our journey retracing Mary and Joseph’s steps with the long-awaited arrival of the Christ Child. After Mary and...