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<p>BOOK ONE-A TIME TO MORN A TIME TO DANCE</p> <p>The New Testament offers only points of truth - that Mary told Joseph she was pregnant for instance; that they had to go to Bethlehem to register for the census - but it doesn't include the human drama that occurs between these moments. It doesn't illustrate the challenge a pregnant Mary faced in making a ninety-mile trip on foot and on donkey. It doesn't describe the anxiety of a husband traveling with his wife in her ninth month of pregnancy.</p> <p>A Time to Morn A Time to Dance fills these gaps telling a story that follows Mary and Joseph from their first meeting through the birth of Jesus their flight into Egypt and back into the welcoming arms of their family.</p> <p>BOOK TWO-THE TRAP</p> <p>In the time of Jesus the Sadducees controlled the Temple and the high Jewish council the Sanhedrin but had little influence among the common people. They were a conservative political group engaged in a bitter power struggle with the increasingly powerful Pharisees. The Sadducees grew concerned about the well-liked Jesus fearful he would spawn a popular uprising and cause them to lose control to the Pharisees.</p> <p>Alphaeus a rich Sadducee volunteers to set a trap for Jesus and bring him down. But the plan is complicated when he falls in love with his servant girl a faithful follower of Jesus.</p>