Emily Parke Chase
We are still at the beginning of a series of Advent devotionals on the theme of “A Legacy of Faith.” Thanks for returning to join us on the journey. Today we’ll look at the influence of fathers on our legacy. Last year, for 24 days in Advent, we followed the story of my father meeting …
Read More Advent 2023 – Day 3Welcome back to the second of our series of devotionals titled “A Legacy of Faith.” We are looking at people who have impacted our life by teaching us to walk by faith. One group of people who can have a profound impact on us, for good or not, is grandparents. Both my grandfathers were pastors, …
Read More Advent 2023 – Day 2The Advent season is upon us and, as always, we have a new theme for these daily devotionals in December 2023: “A Legacy of Faith.” This Fall, I have been teaching a series of Bible studies on what each ancestor of Jesus contributed to the Line of Christ. Those classes prompted me to remember the …
Read More Advent 2023 – A Legacy of FaithAdvent is over at last and tomorrow Christmas will be here. What joy we will have opening gifts and being with family and friends. But take time for one last thought about the One we wait for. June 20, 1942…no, my father did not write to his parents the day after their wedding! However, my …
Read More Advent 2022 – Day 24Thanks for sticking with me. Only one more day of Advent. Christmas is almost here! During the month before their wedding in mid-June, both Dad and Mom faced additional stress above and beyond making plans for the wedding ceremony. Dad took his final exams at his seminary, graduated first in his class (tying for that …
Read More Advent 2022 – Day 23Christmas is only three days away! Hold on tight as we near the climax of “God’s Love Story”! Each year, my son John offers a theme in his weekly reports from Rockville, MD. One year each letter to family offered a new word to learn, another year there were jokes each week. This year there …
Read More Advent 2022 – Day 22Do you find that sometimes time passes slowly (like for children waiting for school vacation), but other times the days fly by (like parents trying to prepare for Christmas visitors)? Thank you for returning here each day to join us as we learn about “God’s Love Story.” My father and mother were engaged for over …
Read More Advent 2022 – Day 21Thank you for returning here faithfully each day as we prepare our hearts for Christmas and to see more of “God’s Love Story.” Will you be apart from some members of your family during the holidays? Does that prompt sadness at your end? Some family members may have already passed on to Heaven, as my …
Read More Advent 2022 – Day 20Will you gather with family for Christmas? For some people, this is is a difficult event, marked by tension and even abuse. I think that many people have never heard about “God’s Love Story.” One of my former clients from the pregnancy center once told me that when she married, she looked forward to taking …
Read More Advent 2022 – Day 19Only one week left until Christmas arrives. Only one more week to complete the story of my father and mother’s engagement, but we will need all of eternity to grasp the fullness of “God Love Story”! Weddings rings have deep significance. For hundreds of years, a Roman woman received only a simple wedding band made …
Read More Advent 2022 – Day 18