by Jennifer Hallmark | Dec 22, 2022 | Author news, Blogs/Podcasts, Christmas
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” –Aesop The holidays have arrived, dressed in glitter, bearing the aroma of pumpkin, cinnamon, and pine. Traffic has jammed around malls and supercenters. And who can forget the increase of events? Parties,...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Dec 20, 2022 | Author news, Blogs/Podcasts, Christmas
My friend, Julie Arduini, shares her thoughts on Christmas traditions… Thank you so much for hosting me today, Jennifer! 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...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Dec 18, 2022 | Author news, Blogs/Podcasts, Christmas
Here is part two of Jane Carlile Baker’s fictional story of Mary. If you missed part one, you’ll find it here. A Common Girl, An Uncommon Time Thanks to Caesar Augustus’s demand for a census, which Mary didn’t mind, since it rescued her from Nazareth, Mary...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Dec 15, 2022 | Author news, Blogs/Podcasts, Christmas
My friend, Laurie Wood, shares her Christmas story… 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...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Dec 13, 2022 | Author news, Blogs/Podcasts, Christmas
My friend, Dianne Marie Andre, shares her thoughts on the Nativity… 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...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Dec 11, 2022 | Author news, Blogs/Podcasts, Christmas
My friend, Jane Carlile Baker, shares a fictional account she created of part of the Christmas story… A Common Girl, An Uncommon Time Adapted from Luke 1:5-2:19 Journey One After a long walk from Nazareth with Daniel’s family, finally, Elizabeth’s shaky soprano...