Emily Parke Chase
Can it be only 5 days until Christmas? Here is the next installment on this Advent series on “Parenting Jesus.” Would you be embarrassed if your daughter were arrested for drunk driving? Would your face flame red if your son were arrested in a sex scandal? What if these events were plastered across …
Read More Advent 2015: Day 20Here we are together once again! Thanks for coming back for another in this Advent series on “Parenting Jesus.” From the very beginning, Mary and Joseph taught Jesus to respect God’s commands. Like the author of Proverbs passing on wisdom to his son, Joseph recognized that his job was not merely to protect …
Read More Advent 2015: Day 19Welcome back to day 18 in this Advent series on “Parenting Jesus”! One of the holiest days in the Jewish calendar is the Day of Atonement. Once – only once – each year, the High Priest entered the Holiest Place and made atonement for the sins of the nation. This day was marked …
Read More Advent 2015: Day 18Ready for another installment on this Advent series on “Parenting Jesus”? Jesus told lots of parables about family life. There is the obvious story about the rebellious prodigal son, a gracious father and an angry elder brother, but you may remember also the story of the father who asked his two sons to work …
Read More Advent 2015: Day17Thanks for continuing with me on this journey through my Advent series on “Parenting Jesus.” Crowds began to follow Jesus everywhere he went. Mark 1:45 tells us that at times the number of people gathered around Jesus made it impossible for him to enter a town. Two chapters later in 3:20,21 – also …
Read More Advent 2015: Day 16Ready for another Advent devotional in this series on “Parenting Jesus”? In a small town, neighbors all know each other’s business. And Nazareth was no different. Everyone knew not only Jesus but his father and mother. Luke, in chapter 4, describes what it was like when Jesus returned to his home town. He …
Read More Advent 2015: Day 15Here we are again with the next devotional in this Advent series on “Parenting Jesus.” After the wedding celebration in Cana described in John chapter 2, Jesus went down to Capernaum with his mother, his brothers and his disciples. This is the apostle John’s first mention of Jesus’ brothers. Often I forget that …
Read More Advent 2015: Day 14Jesus attended the wedding in Cana along with his mother and his disciples. As we noted yesterday, Mary quietly approached Jesus, drew him aside, and whispered in his ear, “They have no wine left.”
Read More Advent 2015: Day 13Most of us remember the story of Jesus turning the water into wine, but what does this event reveal about his mother, Mary? Today as you read John 2:1-11, pause before you rush to the climax of the story. Look at the event from Mary’s perspective.
Read More Advent 2015: Day 12Secrets are hard to keep in a small town, but there was one huge secret in Nazareth: Joseph knew he was not the biological father of his oldest son.
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