Be transported to unique time periods as you follow a treasured family nativity set through four generations of the Shepherd family. While Shepherds Watch Are Keeping by Susanne Dietze Massachusetts, 1899 This Christmas, Pastor Seth Shepherd has little to offer his flock of congregants in their time of need until Jessalyn Grant, a mysterious newcomer, comes to his aid. The Wise Guy and the Star by Shannon McNear Charleston, South Carolina, to Kansas City, Missouri, 1919 While journeying by train, Stella Shepherd befriends war veteran Nat Wise. She helps him find renewed faith in God, but could he also be the answer to the wanderings of her own heart? On Angel Wings by Janine Rosche Kansas City, Missouri, 1945 Elodie Wise plans a fundraising ball with the help of her friend Benjamin Gabriel. But can she look past the swanky Hollywood headliner to see the man who truly loves her? Making Room at the Inn by Deborah Raney Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Present Day Benjie Gabriel thinks the chef’s position she’s just taken at an award-winning bed and breakfast is temporary—just a stepping stone. The B&B’s owner, Trevor Keye, thinks the same. Will five months be long enough for them to figure out that what they’ve each been longing for, praying for, is right beneath their noses?

The stage is set. Millennium after millennium, the prophets have spoken of these days; and now, the time has come. More than an Advent devotional booklet, this four-part mini-Bible study helps the reader get ready during the Advent season for the coming Savior, bringing into focus the real reason we celebrate Christmas. Originally written for high school youth, Love's Pure Light: A Bible Study for Advent is designed to immerse the reader in all the themes and texts traditionally associated with the Advent season. Journey through four lessons of readings, hymn-texts, and selected Bible verses and experience Advent like never before! Drawing upon the themes of hope, peace, joy, and love, the reader will discover how Jesus is the Promised One who fulfills all that the prophets spoke by His First Coming and will be reminded to stay alert and prepared to receive Him again when He returns. It's a message you'll cherish year after year. So grab your family, friends, neighbors, coworkers, church small group, or simply find a quiet spot for yourself and begin a spiritual journey that will lead you to Christ""the newborn King in Bethlehem and the King of all kings who is coming back very soon!

Lady Azalais, daughter of a dead traitor whose lands are forfeit, whose mother is forced by King Henry II to wed the victorious and vicious Sir Hugo du Champ, is sent, in disguise, along with three falcons, first to her cousin in Parthenay, then to the court of Queen Eleanor in Poitiers. The man chosen by her mother to take the falcons and Azalais is the troubadour Sir Gervais du Quercy, notorious throughout the Limousin, one of the many landless younger sons of the Occitan, who must live by his skills with sword and song. Azalais is irresistibly attracted to him and he too finds himself falling in love, but with Azalais’s beautiful cousin Argentine. Wound together first at the court at Poitiers in a life of love, intrigue, and tournaments of arms and poetry, entangled by desire then separated by a war of rebellion, can true love triumph or will all be destroyed in Love’s Pure Flame?

One act play with a Christian theme that explores the meaning of love in church, neighborhood and family on Christmas Eve.Eleven characters plus choir and plus extras.The play can be incorporated into a Candlelight Service.Christmas carols permit the audience to join in.

Purity doesn’t mean playing the game of How Far Is Too Far. A pure life is a full life—one that goes way beyond the ideas of dating, sex, and being a “good girl,” and focuses instead on what it means to be your true, powerful self. Purity can feel like a dirty word sometimes. After all, who wants to be told what not to do, how not to be, and who not to spend time with? Haven’t we proven women are smart, strong, and able to make their own decisions? But the reality is, what we’ve always been taught about Christian purity isn’t 100 percent true. The idea has been twisted over the years into a list of “don’t” rules that have obscured the facts: that purity empowers you to become who you were made to be, and it’s about a lot more than sex and dating. Here’s the real truth: God designed purity as a whole-life experience, where you have the choice to follow your heart and be true to yourself as long as you’re also following his Word. With honest advice, real-life examples, and tools to navigate the temptations and frustrations you face every day (including dealing with those who don’t respect your boundaries), Pure Love, Pure Life meets you where you are—wherever you are—to illustrate why living the pure life isn’t as constricting as it sounds, and how it’s worth the effort. “This nonfiction book is real and honest, and should be required reading for teenage girls and their parents.” — Christian Library Journal Pure Love, Pure Life: looks at the idea of purity from a new angle, focusing on the do’s instead of the don’ts contains stories from real girls who talk about their own purity decisions, and what being pure means to them is for any girl looking to live a happy, healthy life—no matter what they have or haven’t done in the past touches on issues relevant to a #metoo world