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How Christmas Continued #19

March 4, 2012

I am one of the people who laid a trap for another human being and I fell in myself. It all began when I invited Jesus to have a meal with me. He was eager to recline with me at…

How Christmas Continued #18

February 25, 2012

I am Susanna and I, too, was remembered to have followed Jesus. Just think my name appears in a book that is all about Jesus. Only, one of the writers found room in his story of Jesus for me. All…

How Christmas Continued #17

February 18, 2012

I was not one of the eager volunteers to follow the Prophet Jesus. I had a good life. I had a husband, two sons and a good business. I also was an opportunist. When our sons were chosen by the…

How Christmas Continued #16

February 11, 2012

I spent many days in bed. I had a fever that would not let me go. Sometimes my body was trenched in sweat and at other times in chills. I would feel as if I was burning up and then…

Andrew and I, John Zebedee, we were present when the Baptizer identified the dove that had descended on Jesus while He emerged from the water as the Holy Spirit. In due time, we would learn that God was Spirit and…

How Christmas Continued #14

January 29, 2012

Andrew and I lived in Bethsaida, Galilee. A fisherman built a house on the eastside, where the Jordan River enters Lake Galilee. When others settled, they continued to call the place Bethsaida or House of the Fisher. Most of us…

How Christmas Continued #13

January 21, 2012

I am John, the man that introduced the Christ to the public. I was predestined, born and prepared for that task. For that purpose, I was endowed with the spirit and power of Elijah. It was still in my mother’s…

How Christmas Continued #12

January 14, 2012

I am pleased to be remembered as the Other Mary or as the sister to Mary mother of Jesus. Actually, we were sisters-in-law. Mary was married to Joseph and I was married to Alphaeus, Joseph’s brother. Mary and I grew…

How Christmas Continued #11

January 6, 2012

I am James and I was born and raised in Nazareth. Jesus and I grew up together. We were much more than playmates – we were family like cousins. My mother, the other Mary, was married to my father Alphaeus…

A New Year’s Invitation

December 30, 2011

Jesus issued this invitation, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” (Mt.11: 28). It was also He that spoke from heaven, “I am the Root and the offspring of David, and…