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Sarah Sanderson

Sarah Sanderson is the author of The Place We Make: Breaking the Legacy of Legalized Hate. She lives with her husband and their four teenage children in Oregon.
Devotionals

Prince of Peace

Read: Matthew 2:1-18 His name shall be called . . . Prince of Peace. (Isa. 9:6) The picture on social media caught my breath: an image of a child being

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Everlasting Father

Read: John 10:22-30 His name shall be called . . . Everlasting Father. (Isa. 9:6) One of the most rewarding—or potentially unsettling—things about being a parent is seeing the ways

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Mighty God

Read: Mark 4:35-41 His name shall be called . . . Mighty God. (Isa. 9:6) If you’ve ever held a newborn baby in your arms, you know there are many

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Counselor

Read: Isaiah 30:15-21 His name shall be called . . . Counselor. (Isa. 9:6) When a long-held plan recently fell apart, I didn’t know where to turn. Who could help

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Wonderful

Read: Isaiah 9:1-7 And his name shall be called Wonderful . . . (v. 6) “That’s wonderful!” we might say, meaning simply that something is great or remarkable. But the

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Immanuel

Read: Matthew 1:18-25 Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. (Isa. 7:14) Some things always happen the same way. The sun comes

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I Am

Read: Exodus 3:1-14 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.” (John 8:58) What do you say when you are asked to introduce

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Gideon’s Charge!

Read: Judges 7:15-25 Arise, for the Lord has given the host of Midian into your hand. (v. 15) All week, we’ve focused on the call of God. Alongside Gideon, we’ve seen

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Gideon Gets Courage from God

Read: Judges 7:9-14 That same night the Lord said to him, . . . “Your hands shall be strengthened.” (vv. 9, 11) No matter what God calls us to, when we get up

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