Tag: christmas
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Year with American Saints — September 10, 2026Mary Elizabeth Lange (c. 1784–February 3, 1882)
David was a shepherd—a teenager tending his father’s sheep. Samuel was a child given to God by his mother, Hannah. Abraham was one hundred years old, and Sarah was ninety when the promise of God was fulfilled and Isaac was born. I was fourteen. And Mary Elizabeth Lange was about forty-four. There seems to be…
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Beloved, Let Us Love: A Christmas Eve Devotional on 1 John 4:7–16
On Christmas Eve, we gather at the edge of mystery. The lights glow softly, familiar carols stir memory and hope, and we hear again the astonishing claim of the Christian faith: God is love. Not love as sentiment or slogan, but love made flesh—born into the world in Jesus. Few passages name this truth more…
