December

Note to the Reader

We go way back. I’m not talking about a few years of way back, I’m talking about a lifetime of way back. Our mothers connected soon a er we were born, and in fact at the time, Anna’s mother led Katy’s mother to Jesus. As a result, our friendship began. We were childhood friends, high school friends, and college roommates.

A er marrying and raising our children in di erent states, we reconnected, but this time in a di erent way. We found ourselves at that empty-nest, middle stage in life, and we both wanted more. We did not want to settle down or retire; we wanted to start over, to begin anew. We wanted to make a di erence.

Anna founded a ministry called Beacon People, centered on helping people understand how to intentionally live a more purposeful and meaningful life and helping them align their lives with whom God created them to be. Katy discovered a new passion for writing and editing, and she was lled with more ideas and projects than she had time to explore. at’s when our lives once again merged. Anna needed an editor for Beacon People. Katy needed to hone her new writing and editing skills. And so the collaboration began. In 2016, a beautiful and meaningful working partnership was born.

Fast-forward a few years to a new idea for a project: a book intended to help place focus on Jesus—His birth, His life, His death, and His resurrection—at Christmastime. Anna accepted Katy’s challenge, and they began writing. e book became a daily journey through the twenty-four chapters of the Gospel of