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Complete series · 6 episodes
Sarah: The Long Wait for Laughter
A story for anyone who has waited so long for a promise that she has started laughing at it.
Day 1 — The Road Beyond Haran
Sarai is married to Abram, one of Terah’s three sons, and she has no children. Their family sets out from Ur toward Canaan, but the journey …
Day 2 — Say You Are My Sister
Sarai and Abram have reached Canaan, where the LORD promised land to Abram’s offspring. Now a severe famine drives their household toward Eg…
Day 3 — Hagar at the Spring
Sarai has borne Abram no children after ten years in Canaan. She has an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar, and she proposes that Abram have a…
Day 4 — Her Name Is Sarah
Hagar has borne Abram a son, Ishmael, but Sarai still has no child. Thirteen years after Ishmael’s birth, the LORD appears to Abram again.
Day 5 — Laughter at the Tent Door
God has renamed Sarai Sarah and told Abraham that she will bear a son named Isaac within a year. Abraham laughed when he heard the promise; …
Day 6 — God Has Made Me Laugh
Sarah has heard the promise that she will bear a son, and the LORD has answered her frightened denial of laughter. The appointed time arrive…
Complete series · 6 episodes
Mary Magdalene: The First to See
A story for anyone who stayed to the end, and then went back to the grave.
Day 1 — Seven
Jesus travels through towns and villages, preaching, with the Twelve and a company of women beside Him. Among them is Mary Magdalene, whose …
Day 2 — Standing at a Distance
Mary Magdalene has followed Jesus and helped support His traveling company. Now she is in Jerusalem, among the women present at His crucifix…
Day 3 — Where He Was Laid
Jesus has died, and Mary Magdalene has remained among the women watching. Evening is coming, and His body has not yet been buried.
Day 4 — Who Will Move the Stone?
Mary Magdalene and another Mary have seen where Joseph buried Jesus and closed the tomb with a stone. After the Sabbath, they return with Sa…
Day 5 — Why Are You Weeping?
Mark’s account has left the women fleeing the open tomb in fear. John tells the morning from Mary Magdalene’s visit while it is still dark, …
Day 6 — Rabboni
Mary has remained outside the tomb after Peter and the other disciple went home. Weeping, she has asked a man she takes for the gardener to …
Complete series · 5 episodes
Deborah: The Judge Under the Palm
A story for anyone who has been asked to lead when the people who should lead will not go without her.
Day 1 — Twenty Years of Iron
After Ehud’s death, Israel is again under the rule of an enemy king. For twenty years, Jabin’s nine hundred iron chariots have stood behind …
Day 2 — If You Go With Me
Israel has endured twenty years of harsh oppression under Jabin, whose commander Sisera has nine hundred iron chariots. Deborah, the prophet…
Day 3 — Down from the Mountain
Deborah has gone with Barak, who gathered ten thousand men from Zebulun and Naphtali for Mount Tabor. She has told him that Sisera will be d…
Day 4 — The Tent Peg
Sisera’s army has been destroyed, but he abandoned his chariot and escaped on foot. While Barak pursues him, Sisera seeks shelter with Jael,…
Day 5 — The Song
Jael has killed Sisera, and Barak has found the commander dead in her tent. With the army defeated and Jabin subdued, Deborah and Barak sing…
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Leah: The Wife He Did Not Choose
A story for anyone who is the wife he did not choose, and has decided to stop waiting for him to notice.
Complete series · 5 episodes
Rahab: The Scarlet Cord
A story for anyone whose past is the first thing people know about her.
Day 1 — The House on the Wall
Joshua sends two spies across the Jordan to inspect Jericho. They enter the house of a woman named Rahab, and before the night is over, the …
Day 2 — I Know
Rahab has hidden two Israelite spies beneath flax on her roof and sent the king’s men toward the Jordan. With the pursuers gone and Jericho’…
Day 3 — The Cord in the Window
Rahab has asked the spies to spare her family when Israel takes the land, and they have pledged their lives for hers. They are still inside …
Day 4 — Until the Shout
Rahab has tied a scarlet cord in her window under an oath that protects her family if they remain inside her house. The spies have returned …
Day 5 — Among the People
Jericho’s wall has fallen and the city has been captured. Joshua has commanded that Rahab and everyone with her be spared, and he sends the …
Complete series · 7 episodes
Mary: The Girl Who Said Yes
A story for anyone carrying something she did not plan and does not fully understand.
Day 1 — The Visitor
In Nazareth, Mary is pledged to marry Joseph, a man of David’s house. Then an angel comes to her with news that reaches far beyond the life …
Day 2 — The Sound of Her Greeting
Gabriel has told Mary that she will bear a son named Jesus, and she has accepted his word. He has also told her that her relative Elizabeth …
Day 3 — What Joseph Does Next
Mary has visited Elizabeth, spoken her song of praise, and returned home. Matthew now tells the pregnancy’s story from Joseph’s side: before…
Day 4 — The Child in the Manger
Joseph has obeyed the angel’s instruction and embraced Mary as his wife. Now a census requires him to travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem, and…
Day 5 — A Sword Will Pierce
Mary has given birth in Bethlehem, and shepherds have come with an angel’s announcement about her son. Now she and Joseph name Him Jesus and…
Day 6 — Three Days
Jesus has grown up in Nazareth after Mary and Joseph presented Him in Jerusalem. When He is twelve, the family makes its customary Passover …
Day 7 — Woman, Here Is Your Son
Mary has watched Jesus grow and has kept His words in her heart, including words she did not understand. John shows her beside Him at a wedd…
Complete series · 5 episodes
Abigail: The Woman Who Stopped a War
A story for anyone married to someone whose choices keep putting the whole house in danger.
Day 1 — The House at Carmel
Samuel has died, and David has gone down to the Wilderness of Paran. At Carmel, a wealthy man named Nabal is shearing his sheep; his wife, A…
Day 2 — Strap On Your Swords
David is in the wilderness while Nabal, Abigail’s wealthy and harsh husband, is shearing sheep at Carmel. Hearing of the shearing, David sen…
Day 3 — Two Hundred Loaves
Nabal has insulted David’s messengers and refused their request for provisions. David has armed himself and set out with about four hundred …
Day 4 — Hear Your Servant
Abigail has brought provisions to meet David after Nabal insulted his messengers. David has sworn to kill every man belonging to Nabal by mo…
Day 5 — Ten Days
Abigail has persuaded David to spare Nabal’s household, and David has accepted her provisions and sent her home in peace. She returns to the…
Complete series · 5 episodes
Hannah: The Prayer That Would Not Stop
A story for anyone who has prayed the same prayer for years and is tired of being told to be patient.
Day 1 — The Other Wife
Hannah and Peninnah are both married to Elkanah, who takes his household to Shiloh each year to worship. Peninnah has sons and daughters; Ha…
Day 2 — Eli Watched Her Mouth
Year after year, Peninnah has taunted Hannah because she has no children, until Hannah weeps and cannot eat. After another meal at Shiloh, H…
Day 3 — For This Boy
Hannah has asked the LORD for a son and vowed to dedicate him to the LORD for his whole life. Eli first mistook her silent prayer for drunke…
Day 4 — A Little Robe Each Year
Hannah has given birth to Samuel, the son she asked for at Shiloh. After nursing and weaning him, she has brought him to Eli and dedicated h…
Day 5 — The Boy Who Heard His Name
Samuel remains at Shiloh with Eli while Hannah returns each year with a little robe she has made for him. As the boy grows in service before…
Complete series · 7 episodes
Esther: For Such a Time as This
A story for anyone who has been put somewhere she did not choose, and wonders whether it was for a reason.
Day 1 — The Girl Who Hid Her Name
A young Jewish orphan named Hadassah is being raised by her cousin Mordecai in the Persian capital. When the king searches for a new queen, …
Day 2 — The Decree
Esther is queen, though the palace still does not know she is Jewish. Mordecai has saved the king's life, but his loyalty has gone unrewarde…
Day 3 — If I Perish
Haman has persuaded the king to order the destruction of every Jew in the empire because Mordecai would not bow to him. Esther remains hidde…
Day 4 — The Unspoken Request
Esther has chosen to approach the king without being summoned, knowing the law could cost her life. After three days of fasting, she steps i…
Day 5 — The Night the King Could Not Sleep
Esther has survived her uninvited approach but has not yet named her request. Haman, furious that Mordecai still will not bow, has built a g…
Day 6 — The Second Banquet
The king has unknowingly ordered Haman to honor Mordecai, the very man Haman planned to execute. Now Haman joins the king at Esther's second…
Day 7 — Sorrow Turned to Joy
Esther has exposed Haman and Mordecai now carries the king's signet ring, but the first decree cannot be revoked. A second decree has gone o…
Complete series · 4 episodes
Ruth: The Long Road Home
A story for anyone who has lost the life they planned and is learning to begin again.
Day 1 — The Famine and the Leaving
In the days when the judges ruled, a famine drives Naomi’s family from Bethlehem to Moab. Ten years later her husband and both sons are dead…
Day 2 — Gleaning in a Stranger's Field
Widowed Ruth has followed her mother-in-law Naomi from Moab to Bethlehem, arriving penniless at the start of barley harvest. Someone has to …
Day 3 — The Threshing Floor
Ruth has spent the harvest gleaning in the field of Boaz — a kind, older landowner who happens to be a kinsman-redeemer, a relative with the…
Day 4 — The Gate and the Genealogy
Ruth has asked Boaz to redeem her family, and he wants to — but a nearer kinsman holds the first legal right. Boaz has promised to settle it…