Emily Parke Chase
With so few Christmas parties and concerts this year due to COVID, my desire is that these brief thoughts each day during Advent continue to focus your thoughts on HOPE. Over the past few days, we have seen the negative side of hope: the results of false hopes, false assumptions about hope and false sources …
Read More Advent 2020 – Day 7Welcome back for Day 6 in this series of Advent devotions on the theme of HOPE. Over the past two days we have looked at false hopes and false assumptions about hope, and today we’ll see one final false premise regarding hope: Some people look to the wrong source for hope. In the Old Testament …
Read More Advent 2020 – Day 6Welcome back to Day 5 on our journey exploring the Advent theme of HOPE. At the memorial service for my husband, my son-in-law Anthony shared his memories of being a student in Gene’s classroom. Anthony explained that sometimes as he listened to lectures from his professors, he would hear them say something that did not …
Read More Advent 2020 – Day 5Hello to all those joining us today for the first time. We are on Day 4 of our journey through Advent focusing on the theme of HOPE. For months the news of COVID deaths – of which my husband Gene was one – has cast a dark shadow over our land. Churches and schools have …
Read More Advent 2020 – Day 4Welcome back to day 3 of our Advent series on the theme of HOPE. Feel free to invite a friend to join us on this journey! When I begin a Bible study of a topic like hope, the first tool I reach for is my concordance. When I looked up the word “hope” in this …
Read More Advent 2020 – Day 3Thank you for returning as we start this 2020 Advent journey on the theme of HOPE. My Texas grandchildren are named Simeon and Anna Hope. My son and his wife named their son and daughter for the two people whom Mary and Joseph met in the Temple when they went to dedicate their son Jesus. …
Read More Advent 2020 – Day 2What a year this has been! For me, it began with three major spinal surgeries, but for my husband Gene, the year marked his graduation from this life to the next. As I have said on other occasions, Gene got the better end of the deal. He no longer has to wear a face mask, …
Read More Advent 2020 – Day 1Our Advent season has come to an end! And tomorrow we can rejoice on Christmas that Immanuel has arrived to dwell with us. Last year at this time, our son John’s youngest daughter was only beginning to learn to crawl. Lydia had to be carried everywhere by her mother or father. She was very aware …
Read More Advent 2019 – Day 24Advent is almost over! Soon we we will welcome Jesus. Imagine the joy Mary experienced after nine months of pregnancy as she embraced “Immanuel – God With Us” for the first time in her arms. Think of Simeon and Anna praying for years and finally beholding their Savior face to face. Magi traveled around 400 …
Read More Advent 2019 – Day 23For the past three weeks of Advent, we have prepared for “Immanuel – God With Us.” We have seen just how much the Lord desires to be near us. He wants to listen to us, guide us, protect us, and encourage us. He pours out rich gifts of love, anointing us with oil of gladness …
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