Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Christmas

Self-Sanctioning Sacrifice (Excerpt from “Advent for the Broken-Hearted”)

Jesus was not a normal human baby. Unlike other human beings, Jesus chose to come into the world, even though he knew his purpose would be to suffer and die as a sacrifice.

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Christmas

Mighty Magnificat (Excerpt from “Advent for the Broken-Hearted”)

Whichever way they turned, the people found themselves without recourse, being bled dry by their own countrymen.

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Christmas

Advent For the Broken-Hearted

This devotional was adapted from a service that Mari wrote in 2023, created to honor the thrum of sorrow and loss that undulates beneath the largely cheerful Christmas songs sung throughout November and December.

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Saturday Devotion

Fragile

Families handled grief in all kinds of ways, but fragile irritability was often the first stop. That is, after numb shock.