Emily Parke Chase
Day 1 Many decades ago when I was just a little girl, I got the brilliant idea of preparing my Christmas thank-you notes before the holiday arrived. How was this possible? The gifts were still wrapped and under the tree! But smart me, I wrote out a template of notes that began, “Dear (blank), thank …
Read More Advent 2016 – Day 1Do you remember playing with a kaleidoscope for the first time as a child? Do you remember the fascination of seeing all the tiny blips form intricate patterns of color? Each time you twisted the toy a new pattern emerged. Recently I picked up a kaleidoscope again. The concept is not complicated. Several mirrors, …
Read More KaleidoscopeI don’t usually advertise outside events but coming up next month Bethany Christian Services, where I serve as staff chaplain, is hosting a major event for adoptive and foster care families. There are a multitude of workshops to help families and train caseworkers on how to respond more effectively to the needs of children who …
Read More Northeast Adoption & Child Welfare SummitHave you noticed the updated look of my website? I could never have done it without the help of my youngest son and my husband. Together they reorganized and redesigned the entire site. They graciously asked me for my input here and there, just to make me feel like I was part of the process, …
Read More Updated website! Check it out!Another Book Signing! Emily will be among the authors featured at a book signing at the annual Celebrate the Book festival in Carlisle, PA October 17-23. Come join her there at the Bosler Library the afternoon of October 19th between 3:00 and 7:00 p.m. Speakers at the festival include Lisa Scottoline, author of legal suspense …
Read More Celebrate the Book!“When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens.” Jeremiah 10:13 (NASV) Each morning when I walk through our neighborhood, I cross a bridge over a small stream. I often pause there to listen as the water burbles and tumbles over the stones in its way. The sound is pure, …
Read More ObstaclesAsk any writer about their passion and they will talk about the pleasure of crafting words, developing characters, and creating plots. The past few weeks, this writer has set aside work on her own novels. Instead, I’ve been busy with the other side of writing: reading. Part of my work as an author is encouraging …
Read More The other side of writing…Are you excited? It is Christmas Eve at last! Time to laugh around the table and open gifts by the tree. Are you in your own home or away visiting family? Here’s the last in this series on “Parenting Jesus.” Over the past weeks, we have looked at many aspects of how Mary and Joseph …
Read More Advent 2015: Day 24Welcome back for the next in this Advent series on “Parenting Jesus.” I hope you’ll return tomorrow for the last of the series! Christmas is a celebration of Jesus’ birth. What great joy we experience as we celebrate Emanuel, “God with us.” With Christmas only two days away, with families gathering and gifts …
Read More Advent 2015: Day 23Thank you for returning so faithfully day after day! We are almost through this Advent series on “Parenting Jesus.” Yesterday we saw that even while hanging on a cross, Jesus fulfilled a command he learned in his childhood – to honor his father and mother. He honored his mother when he made arrangements for …
Read More Advent 2015: Day 22