Christmas 2009,Special Feature Issue

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Merry Christmas from Exemplify!

Special Features

Pour yourself a glass of eggnog, grab some cookies andkick back with our Christmas Special Feature Issue.

•Meet our featured contributors on page 32.•Read how A Baby Changes Everything on page 35.•Enjoy A Christmas Tea to Remember on page 36•Find yourself immersed in Everlasting Peace on page 38•Embrace this Season of Love on page 39• Holidays stress you out? Page 40 is for you.•Celebrate the Night Before Christmas with a twist on page 41.• Bring Holy Back to the Holiday on page 42•Get cozy with One Imperfect Christmas on page 44•Savior Money at Christmas on page 45• Decorate your Hearth and Mantle on page 46•Win A Forever Christmas on page 49!

ELAINE OLSEN

Elaine is the wife of Preacher Billy and has the delightful privilege of mothering four dynamicchildren who have been with her for nearly half of her almost forty-three years. She grew up amongst the rolling hills of the Bluegrass which boasts the presence of exquisite thoroughbreds and die-hard Wildcat basketball fans. Her growing up years were spent running the hallways of AsburyTheological Seminary where her father was a professor of preaching and her mother was theRegistrar. From the cradle to her current, Elaine has been a church girl. Thespiritual shaping shereceived from her parents quickly secured for her a belief in a great big God who loves herfarbeyond reasonable bounds. Elaine was born on Easter Sunday.The signiﬁcance of its shadow hasfollo wed her all the days of her life. God began the sacred conversation with Elaine‚Äôs soul from the earliest of ages, and she has spent the past four decades walking the path of such a gracious grace. He hasmarked her forever for kingdom living and kingdom loving. Her overriding hope and desire for herlife is to live as authentic before her God and his created people.Elaine’s ﬁrst book

peace for the journey: in the pleasure of his company

will soon be released by WinePress.Be sure to visit Elaine at her blog, Peace for the Journey:

peaceforthejourney.com

SUSAN DOLLYHIGH

Susan Shelton Dollyhigh is a free-lance writer and columnist whorecently won the Women of Faith National Shine the Light Contest.She is a contributing author in Spirit and Heart: A DevotionalJourney. Susan also writes for Christian Devotions, Internet Café’Devotions, and The Christian Pulse. She and her husband have twochildren and two grandchildren and reside in Mount Airy, NorthCarolina.Susan has a passion for the homeless and leads a weekl y Bible studyat The Shepherd’s House (a homeless shelter for women andchildren) and Mary Sue’s Safe Haven (a domestic violence shelter).

SHANNON JACOBYANSKY

Shannon has been a devoted writer for the past four years. She has had four of her inspirationaland sometimes funny stories published in books with her latest appearing this holiday season in the book, “Christmas Traditions”. You can be inspired daily and at her blog sites www.hewonmyheart.blogspot.comandwww.sendingyouthoughtsandprayers.blogspot.com. She also guest writes at the Internet Café ( www.internetcafedevotions.com

)and At the Well…In Pursuit of Titus 2 ( www.titus2atthewell.com) Please leave a message or ask questionsviae- mail atshannonjacobyansky@yahoo.com.