James C. Howell (PhD, Duke University) is senior pastor of Myers Park United Methodist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, and has nearly four decades of experience in parish ministry. He has written more than fifteen books, speaks frequently around the country, and is an adjunct professor of preaching at Duke Divinity School.

• ContentsSeries PrefaceIntroductionPart 1: Our Mysterious Beginning1. In My Mother's Womb2. My Birthday3. Unchosenness and Being ChosenPart 2: Jesus's Birth and Early Life4. Mary, Mother of Our Lord5. The Birth of Jesus6. Jesus's First DaysPart 3: The Complexities of Conception and Raising Children7. Why Have Children?8. Having Children9. The First Days after Birth10. Infertility and Medicine11. When Medicine FailsPart 4: Our New Birth12. Adoption13. Remember Your Baptism14. You Must Be Born AgainEpilogueIndex

James C. Howell (PhD, Duke University) is senior pastor of Myers Park United Methodist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, and has nearly four decades of experience in parish ministry. He has written more than fifteen books, speaks frequently around the country, and is an adjunct professor of preaching at Duke Divinity School.

• ContentsSeries PrefaceIntroductionPart 1: Our Mysterious Beginning1. In My Mother's Womb2. My Birthday3. Unchosenness and Being ChosenPart 2: Jesus's Birth and Early Life4. Mary, Mother of Our Lord5. The Birth of Jesus6. Jesus's First DaysPart 3: The Complexities of Conception and Raising Children7. Why Have Children?8. Having Children9. The First Days after Birth10. Infertility and Medicine11. When Medicine FailsPart 4: Our New Birth12. Adoption13. Remember Your Baptism14. You Must Be Born AgainEpilogueIndex

James C. Howell (PhD, Duke University) is senior pastor of Myers Park United Methodist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, and has nearly four decades of experience in parish ministry. He has written more than fifteen books, speaks frequently around the country, and is an adjunct professor of preaching at Duke Divinity School.

• ContentsSeries PrefaceIntroductionPart 1: Our Mysterious Beginning1. In My Mother's Womb2. My Birthday3. Unchosenness and Being ChosenPart 2: Jesus's Birth and Early Life4. Mary, Mother of Our Lord5. The Birth of Jesus6. Jesus's First DaysPart 3: The Complexities of Conception and Raising Children7. Why Have Children?8. Having Children9. The First Days after Birth10. Infertility and Medicine11. When Medicine FailsPart 4: Our New Birth12. Adoption13. Remember Your Baptism14. You Must Be Born AgainEpilogueIndex