The Nativity by Dianne Marie Andre (Christmas Blog Tour!)
Mary, mother of Jesus. My heart can barely grasp what an extraordinary woman she must have been to be chosen the mother of the world’s Savior. I imagine her perfect, without sin. Though this is unlikely, God blessed her above all women. Yet His path for Mary wasn’t easy. To [...]
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear by Diana Leagh Matthews (Christmas Blog Tour!)
After more than seven years of giving of myself and going above and beyond in serving my residents at the nursing home, I found myself experiencing extreme burnout and fatigue. Rev. Edward Hamilton Sears struggled with his own breakdown and melancholy in the 1840s. He struggled with the dark world, [...]
Embracing Christmas Traditions by Julie Arduini (Christmas Blog Tour!
Thank you so much for hosting me today! As a child, each Sunday we could count on roast beef for dinner. If we’d lost all calendars and had no idea what day it was, seeing roast beef on the table would give us a clue it was at least Sunday. [...]
Christmas in Northern Hearts By Laurie Wood (Christmas Blog Tour!)
Northern Hearts (Heroes of the Tundra Book 2) is my Christmas novella set in the real-life town of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. It’s called the Polar Bear Capitol of the World. I set my entire series there, and my husband and I flew up in 2019 so that I could do [...]
A Common Girl, An Uncommon Time, Part 2 by Jane Baker (Christmas Blog Tour!)
Thanks to Caesar Augustus’s demand for a census, which Mary didn’t mind, since it rescued her from Nazareth, Mary and Joseph trod the same crowded road Mary had six months ago. The donkey plodded along, and she recalled arranging her clothing to mask her expanding abdomen when she’d walked back [...]