Blogging Through the Seasons

Like most moms, I had moments of worry during my pregnancies. I had gestational diabetes, so I was worried about what I ate and when I ate it. Was the baby going to be too big? Would the baby have diabetes? There was a moment that I vividly remember when I thought to...

I’ve always been a rule follower. The older sister, and oldest cousin on my mother’s side and second oldest cousin on my father’s side, I believed myself responsible for keeping my younger sister and cousins in line. And while I was a normal kid who made mistakes, I...

The genealogy of Jesus is rife with giants of the faith. There are also many people who you wouldn’t describe as important per se, but important enough that we’ve heard of them. Also included: people who weren’t important at all, but did something...

It’s a little over 500 years before the birth of Christ and the 70-year Babylonian captivity had just come to an end. Zerubbabel was governor of a large group of Jews who were allowed to return to Judah. Their homeland was in ruins, and the once glorious temple was...