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Bobbie’s impressions of Jerusalem following her move to Israel at the start of the latest war.

Bithiah, the adoptive mother of Moses, is a well-respected ‘mother’ in Hebrew thought, although most of her life is shrouded in mystery.

Annmarie Miles, social media trainer, shares some vital tips to ‘give us a bit of an edge,’ with marketing our books.

Good writing creates engaging characters by showing not telling. We shall use an example from Chapter 2 of the biblical Book of Ruth that is beautifully and economically written to demonstrate how we learn masses about three characters just from action and dialogue.

We birth them, raise them… they fly. Then what? We can learn a lot about empty nesting from Mary of Nazareth who found new meaning after mothering.

Why do Jews mark the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple, twice, on Tisha b’Av? They are remembering all the sorrowful events of Jewish history, too.

Bobbie interviews Jackie Trottmann about what a Spiritual Director is and does ahead of her free workshop “Know Yourself in God” on Thursday, July 13th, 2023.

God spoke in strange ways to Bible characters, to guide, share plans, call, comfort. And He does this with us, today.

As I write about Mary of Nazareth, I am having to consider her Bethlehem, her Nazareth, her Jerusalem and anywhere else her account of her finding purpose after mothering Jesus takes me. Transporting ourselves back in time, walk with me the streets of Jerusalem in Mary’s day.