{"id":7070615,"date":"2026-10-10T19:29:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T19:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7070615"},"modified":"2026-10-10T19:29:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T19:29:55","slug":"serah-and-the-first-christmas-christian-childrens-authors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7070615","title":{"rendered":"Serah and the First Christmas \u2013 Christian Children’s Authors"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Tama Fortner is one of my very good author friends and one of my very favorite children\u2019s authors. She has written dozens and dozens of beautiful books, and her newest picture book is another gem to add to the bookshelf. <\/p>\n

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In her newsletters Tama shares a bit about the story behind the story. I know you will enjoy reading this:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wonder what the inspiration was for writing\u00a0<\/strong>Serah and the First Christmas<\/strong><\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was actually working through a Bible study in my personal quiet time, and the author of that study was talking about Rachel and Rebekah and how they were shepherdesses in the Bible. That study went on to talk about how being a shepherdess was a common job for young women \u00a0in Bible times. She then wondered if shepherdesses could possibly have been present that night in the fields of Bethlehem when the angels came to announce Christ\u2019s birth.<\/p>\n

As a writer, the \u201cwhat if\u201d questions started bouncing around in my mind. So, I wondered,\u00a0what if\u00a0<\/em>there were women present that night? But would it have been acceptable for a woman to be out at night like that? Maybe not. So . . .<\/p>\n