History & Holidays The Adventure of Advent: Day 18 – Final Countdown “'I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his Temple.…Bill WelshDecember 18, 2018
History & Holidays The Adventure of Advent: Day 17 – The Road to Bethlehem “All returned to their own ancestral towns to register for this census. And because Joseph was a descendant of King David, he had to go…Bill WelshDecember 17, 2018
History & Holidays The Adventure of Advent: Day 16 – No Little Places, No Little People “But You, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me, the One…Bill WelshDecember 16, 2018
History & Holidays The Adventure of Advent: Day 15 – It’s a Holy Thing “Therefore also that holy thing that will be born to you shall be called the Son of God” (Luke 1:35). That was the King James…Bill WelshDecember 15, 2018
History & Holidays The Adventure of Advent: Day 14 – Birthday Party for a Boy Named John “Now Elizabeth’s full time came for her to be delivered, and she brought forth a son. When her neighbors and relatives heard how the Lord…Bill WelshDecember 14, 2018
History & Holidays The Adventure of Advent: Day 13 – The Gift Before Christmas “The angel said to him, 'Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer has been heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son,…Bill WelshDecember 13, 2018
History & Holidays The Adventure of Advent: Day 12 – The Way The World Is “The people who sat in darkness saw a great light, and upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death Light has dawned”…Bill WelshDecember 12, 2018
History & Holidays The Adventure of Advent: Day 11 – The Way the World Was “And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world would be registered. This census…Bill WelshDecember 11, 2018
History & Holidays The Adventure of Advent: Day 10 – Who Needs a Savior? “And Mary said: 'My soul magnifies the Lord and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.'” (Luke 1:46) What mission did Jesus come to…Bill WelshDecember 10, 2018
History & Holidays The Adventure of Advent: Day 9 – A Friend Who Understands “Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, to a city of Judah, and entered the house of Zacharias and…Bill WelshDecember 9, 2018
History & Holidays The Adventure of Advent: Day 8 – “Making Room” for a Miracle “The angel said, 'Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth…Bill WelshDecember 8, 2018
History & Holidays The Adventure of Advent: Day 7– A Stellar Cast of Very “Human” Humans “Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a…Bill WelshDecember 7, 2018
History & Holidays The Adventure of Advent: Day 6 – Faithful in the Valley of Disappointment “There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah. His wife was of…Bill WelshDecember 5, 2018
History & Holidays The Adventure of Advent: Day 5 – The Long Journey of the Wise Ones “Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the King, behold wise men from the East came to Jerusalem”…Bill WelshDecember 5, 2018
History & Holidays The Adventure of Advent: Day 3 – The First Warning “And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel,…Bill WelshDecember 3, 2018