podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/349e6584/always-present-holy-spirit-who-or-what-no11 It is a little confusing - sometimes a lot confusing. The impression is that because Jesus was born of Mary in Bethlehem, that's when His life began; nope, Jesus, as one of the three Persons of the Trinity has always existed. His conception of the Holy Spirit, entering the womb of a teen-aged girl from Nazareth - that was just when he took on human form to come to us. And

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/4cb06040/the-gift-of-prayer-powerful-connection-holy-spirit-who-or-what-no10 Prayer is a gift, and I never say 'no' to someone who asks for prayer. Which means I often have the privilege to put my hand on someone's fore arm to pray, or bow my head even as I pray over the phone for someone far away. Admittedly, I hate technology, but then it allows us to connect with someone across thousands of miles and time zones, and go b