By: Melynda Schauer Has hope ever looked to you like a pregnant belly? Or felt like morning sickness? Or arrived as a screaming baby? I can’t stop thinking about Elizabeth and her role in the Christmas story. Her story and her son, John, are linked both relationally and chronologically from the beginning with Mary’s story and Jesus’. Elizabeth and her …
Dear Son, By the time that you read this, you will be a man. Because I may not be present for your celebration, I wanted to send you my thoughts on this special consecration day. I’d always dreamed of this day, but it was so much different than I expected. I’d dreamed of walking to the temple …
Everyone says Christmas is a time of wonder. Well, I have a few wonderings of my own….. I wonder why Matthew chose to include several mothers in the genealogy of Jesus. Did he have a special bond with his own mom? (Matthew 1:1-17) I wonder why the two gospel genealogies deviate at the sons of David. One …
