We've gotten many things all wrong.

So in this season, God is exposing our errors as He calls forth abundant, KINGDOM living.

And it feels like everything is changing.

Life as we once knew it is gone on so many levels and our understanding of ourselves and our place here on earth is being honed.

We are also begining to understand, to truly grapple with, the good we call evil and the evil we call good.

To that end, our God is again unveiling what it looks like to live in intimate relationship with Him. We are begining to once again wrap our collective minds around the abundance He has given us to enjoy, because "He who loves men, loves their joy." (The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky.)

Today, Gisela Kreglinger, author of CUP OVERFLOWING, does a brilliant, poetic job of bringing these truths into focus through discussion of the gift of wine over the centuries. The Bible is full of illustrations of wine as God's blessing.

It is time we put aside the enemy's lies where this blessing of God is concerned.

If you are one of those who has been made to feel wine is something to avoid, or worse, to consume in secret, I hope we cover most of your concerns today.

Even if you are one who has always enjoyed good wine, if you listen in, I think you will gain marvelous perspective regarding the love of your Creator for you through wine.

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Gisela Kreglinger grew up on a winery in Franconia, Germany, where her family has been crafting wine for many generations. She holds two master’s degrees in biblical studies from Regent College and a PhD in historical theology from the University of St. Andrews. She teaches Christian spirituality in the academy, churches, on her annual wine pilgrimages, and every time an opportunity opens up around the dinner table, preferably with a glass of well-crafted wine to inspire her musings on food, faith and the importance of cultivating joy and conviviality. Kreglinger is the author of Cup Overflowing: Wine’s Place in Faith, Feasting and Fellowship, The Spirituality of Wine, and The Soul of Wine.

J.M. Huxley (Janet Huxley) is an award-winning author and broadcast news anchor. Currently, she is a morning news anchor for conservative radio; formerly, an airborne traffic and news reporter and the operations director for the San Diego and Kansas City offices of Westwood One’s Metro Networks. Her memoir, MILK AND HONEY LAND: A Story of Grief, Grace, and Goats, won the 2019 Author Academy Award for Best Memoir, and the 2021 Readers' Favorite Gold Medal Winner in the Christian - Non-Fiction genre. Her children’s book, RAINBOW LAND , encourages children to see God in the rainbow. Janet has eight children and seven grandchildren. She loves nothing more than to encourage others to experience uncontainable joy in relationship with our God.

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