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Most of the posts you’ll find here first appeared as podcast episodes. You can listen to each episode on the page or read the slightly edited transcript. You’ll also find questions for personal reflection or discussion.

  • God’s in Control

    Every good story has a villain. In this story, we meet Caesar Augustus and his henchman, Quirinius, who demand a census that requires Mary and Joseph to travel 80 miles on rough roads while very pregnant. Even though it seems like Mary and Joseph are pawns to wicked rulers and circumstances, we see that ultimately…

  • Promises Fulfilled

    God has made a lot of major promises already in the Book of Luke–promises that would require extraordinary miracles. And yet already, in chapter one with the birth of John, those promises are being fulfilled.

  • After months of angelic and Spirit-inspired messages going to just a handful of people, now the news of John’s miraculous birth spreads far and wide. The impact may have started small, but God multiplies it.

  • Worth the Wait

    Zechariah and Elizabeth have been on a rollercoaster of emotions for decades–discouragement, shame, heartbreak, weariness, isolation, hope, gratitude and awe. As we follow their story, we see that God’s promises are worth waiting for.

  • A Surprising Name

    The day has finally come for Zechariah and Elizabeth to have a son! But when friends and relatives come to name the baby, one surprise after another sends the story about what God has done spreading through the whole region.

  • Mary may have been a teenage girl from a small town but her song is full of references to generations and descendants and history. Mary wasn’t just looking at her own situation. She saw herself as part of something big.

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