Emily Parke Chase
Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. It was a once in a lifetime event, something for which he became world famous and has long been remembered. Few of us are destined for such fame. We are not going to be known all over the world like Neil Armstrong. We will lead routine lives of faithfulness …
Read More Advent 2012 – Day 8Advent reminds us that we need to prepare our hearts for Christmas. I hope these daily devotionals are helping you understand a small portion of what Mary must have experienced as she carried the Christ child within her womb. When Mary told Joseph that she was pregnant, he planned to divorce her. Mary felt …
Read More Advent 2012 – Day 7You’re back! Thank you for returning to my blog for another Advent devotional. And if you are new, all the earlier devotionals are listed below. When I worked with single moms at a pregnancy center, there was one word that described every one of them: Busy! Teen moms were trying to balance keeping up …
Read More Advent 2012 – Day 6Many of you have been coming back daily to participate in this Chase family celebration of Advent. I am glad. For those of you who are new, we have been looking at the powerful emotions that Mary experienced during the nine months of her pregnancy as she anticipated the birth of Jesus. A …
Read More Advent 2012 – Day 5Welcome to Day 4 of the Chase family celebration of Advent! Join us as we look at the powerful emotions that Mary experienced during the nine months of her pregnancy as she anticipated the birth of Jesus. How did Mary feel right after the angel disappeared? What did she see when she opened …
Read More Advent 2012 – Day 4Welcome to Day 3 of the Chase family celebration of Advent! Join us as we look at the powerful emotions that Mary experienced during the nine months of her pregnancy as she anticipated the birth of Jesus. At the time when Gabriel appeared to Mary, to her knowledge angels had not appeared …
Read More Advent 2012 – Day 3Welcome to Day 2 of the Chase family celebration of Advent! Join us as we look at the powerful emotions that Mary experienced during the nine months of her pregnancy as she anticipated the birth of Jesus. Before that angel appeared, Mary’s life was running in neutral. Luke doesn’t give a clue where …
Read More Advent 2012 – Day 2Welcome to the Chase family celebration of Advent – 24 days of devotional thoughts leading up to Christmas. This tradition has gone on in our home for over thirty years but this is the first time I am sharing the tradition with a larger circle of friends and colleagues by means of my website. Each …
Read More Advent, 2012 – Day 1The grocery store shelves were empty earlier this week. Hurricane Sandy was on its way into our region and local residents had cleared the shelves of emergency items like milk, bread, and bottled water. At places like Home Depot and Lowes demands for sump pumps, generators and batteries outstripped the supply. The newspaper reported …
Read More “Eye of the Storm”My half-hour radio interview on Atlanta radio is now available on-line here. –Emily
Read More Radio interview now available