Lori Altebaumer
FaithDec. 20, 2024Season of Preparation Day Nineteen: God's TimingAnd Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed 35 (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also),...
Lori Altebaumer
FaithDec. 17, 2024Season of Preparation Day Fifteen: God's SovereigntyNew parents dream of what it will be like to welcome a baby into their lives with the birthday parties, Little League games, and graduations to follow. Rarely does the parenting experience go as planned. But with Jesus, everything happened exactly as...
Lori Altebaumer
FaithDec. 10, 2024Season of Preparation Day Nine: God's Steadfast LoveOh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever! 1 Chronicles 16:34 Steadfast love . . . by definition, this is a love that is firmly fixed in place and not subject to change....
Through the years, many movies and television programs have been made that feature the Nativity story. And in most cases, the story focuses on the birth of Jesus in the unlikeliest of circumstances. In this case, in a stable’s manger because there was no room for Mary and Joseph in...
Peggi Tustan
“You can find something truly important in an ordinary minute.”–Mitch AlbomOn an ordinary day, in an ordinary home, to an ordinary young woman, God sent a messenger. “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”[1] With Gabriel’s greeting, Mary’s life was forever changed. Ordinary transformed into extraordinary!Our...