Category: Mary

Riding the Roller Coaster of God

December 25, 2015

For nine months Mary had been on a spiritual, emotional, and physical roller coaster. Her Emotions Had Been Up She had received a visit from the angel Gabriel. This included the most precious of assurances; she was favored, loved, and found incredibly delightful to the Heavenly Father. Then came the first mind-blowing announcement: this young teenage virgin would have … More Riding the Roller Coaster of God

Women in the Church

December 7, 2015

In the first century, it was customary for Jewish men to daily recount their various blessings before the Lord. According to rabbinic tradition, pious men were to lift up their hands and give thanks in the following manner, “Lord, I thank you I am not a heathen; I thank you I am not illiterate; I thank you … More Women in the Church