When the word home is mentioned, what's the first thing that comes to mind? Most of us long for responses like: love, refuge, safety, security, acceptance. The Martha in us would add: organized, clean, tidy, healthy. Our honest answers might …
“The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”(which means, “God with us”). Matthew 1:23 He came. Christmas – more than anything else – is a time to joyfully celebrate the familiar, but …
Luke 1:26-38 records a conversation between the angel Gabriel and Mary. The birth of Jesus is foretold to this teenage girl: the Holy Spirit will overshadow and, though still a virgin, she will miraculously be with child. Gabriel concludes with these …
