Saturday, December 23, 2006
Braelyn's Song -- A Christmas Poem For My Granddaughter!
Happy Birthday Jesus! A small girl loudly sang out; It is not Santa Claus or shopping for gifts, But your birth that Christmas is all about. Happy Birthday Jesus! Such a small child I am; Yet, I will joyfully sing out your worth, Like floodwaters overflowing an earthen dam. Happy Birthday Jesus!...
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Friday, December 22, 2006
THE RECYCLED CHRISTMAS GIFT
Dedicated to my mother who passed away in February of 2004 and left my sister and me hundreds of LP records. A Recycled Christmas Gift As I walked into the motionless, fireplace heated room, What a pleasant, surprised Christmas gift was awaiting me; Sitting photographically on the family eating bar,...
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Friday, December 15, 2006
A Sober Christmas Relfection
In this year of our Lord 2006, my only begotten son, Became the golden age of twenty-seven; Thankfully, I too am very much alive, And on the human side of a God created heaven. Reflections swiftly flood the soul, As this mountain of age we both joyfully climb; For we have both been most privileged...
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Thursday, December 14, 2006
A CHRISTMAS EVE, I WOULD LIKE TO FORGET
And wished had never happen! We had just finished Christmas dinner at my parents home and were getting ready to open Christmas gifts. Suddenly, a number of police cars drove speedily by our house, and then two ambulances followed. No sooner had we seen these emergeny vehicles, the phone rang with a...
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Thursday, December 7, 2006
FROM 12/7-9/11 -- LIVING COLOR PORTRAITS OF WAR
Suicide Bombs exploding, Amored tanks moving, Loaded rifles shooting, The Innocent dying, Children begging, Soldiers praying, Journalists reporting, These are all, living color portraits of war. The wounded treated, The dead honored, A Nation'S resolve tested, A greater faith suggested, The enemy...
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Tuesday, December 5, 2006
An Ideal Christmas Gift For You And Your Blogging Friends
Writing the Wave is an excellent book for aspiring writers. It is written by Elizabeth Ayres founder of Elizabeth Ayres Center For Creative Writing in New York City. Here is what some people have to say about the book: "The lessons, direct and user-friendly as a road map, lead the beginner not only...
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Monday, December 4, 2006
Wiping Away Those Christmas Tears~~~
There was no room in the Bethlehem inn, The teacher emphatically said. Tears began to stream down his cheeks, The young child all dressed in Santa Claus red. Why are you crying those little tears The teacher compassionately asked. I feel so bad for the little baby Jesus -- For I know how it feels to...
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Wednesday, November 29, 2006
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT! (Dec. 3)
What do you want for Christmas? People quite often say to me. Not any thing particular, I respond, For I must seek the blessings of Advent, You see. There is the blessing of incomprehensible peace, And the blessing of forgiveness and unconditional love; There is the blessing of financial increase,...
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Tuesday, November 28, 2006
THE GIFT OF THE MAGI
Well, not quite but close. Do you remember the O'Henry story of the wife who sold her hair to buy her husband a chain for his watch, and the husband who sold his watch to buy a clasp for his wife's hair -- what a wonderful story of Christmas meaning and love. Keeping this story in mind, my wife and...
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Saturday, November 25, 2006
Relections On An Empty Holiday Plate!
As I sit at the Thanksgiving dinner table, staring at my empty holiday plate; My soul begins to reflect, On 2007's most uncertain slate. So much left undone, in this year of our Lord 2006; May make my coming year, less a joy, and more like a virus that makes one sick. I don't mean to be pessimistic,...
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