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Wednesday, July 6, 2016

WHAT IF?

in light of the recent events

of sadness and tragedy,

confusion over identity,

war on religion,

the increasing division in our nation...

i had a wondering,

a thought,

a "What If"

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Monday, December 23, 2013

MERRY CHRISTMAS PRIMARY CHILDREN

december lessons

focused on the savior

we remembered him

and celebrated his birth.

the first sunday,

each child received a CANDY CANE

i held it up as the letter "J"

"J" is for jesus,

a name

i will hold dear.

jesus is the author of"JOY".

in the word "JOY"

"J" stands for jesus

"O" for others

"Y" then yourself.

true "JOY"

is the outcome

as we put jesus first

and others before ourselves.

of course,

we turned the letter "J"

into the shepherd's staff.

jesus is our shepherd.

he will guide us back to our

father in heaven

and gather us when we our lost.

the second sunday,

each child was given

JINGLE BELLS

and

chocolate bells with this reminder:

that the shepherd knows his sheep

each, with a bell placed around the neck

is safely guided back to the fold

our shepherd,

the savior,

knows us by name.

the third sunday,

i brought CUPCAKES and a nice table cloth.

we had a birthday party for jesus.

we made presents for him

and sang happy birthday to him.

we looked at pictures and talked about

the life and miracles of

this special person in our life.

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Thursday, December 12, 2013

FINDING JESUS

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after my experience trying to find

anything resembling JESUS,

i thought i would keep my eyes peeled

to see if JESUS truly was central

to the celebration of his birth.

i miss the days

when a large NATIVITY

was in the center of town

at the public library...

when bulletin boards

and CHRISTMAS

programs at school

allowed songs like

“silent night”

“away in a manger”

and “joy to the world”

i miss the carefree days

of being able to

say MERRY CHRISTMAS

without the fear and worry of someone

being offended.

i heard that one school

was asked to cancel

the “angel tree”

and “sub for santa”

because it was an

act of christianity.

too bad for the family

that may have been filled with joy

and hope

the belief in miracles

at a time of their misfortune.

too bad for the givers

that may have learned gratitiude

as well as

been filled with the

unmeasured happiness

and love

that comes as the rich rewards of

true charity.

really.
being kind

compassionate

forgiving

loving

are all acts of christianity.

should we eliminate those traits

and qualities?

mmm.

where andwhat would that leave

for humanity?

in complete and utter evil circumstances.

on friday the 13th day of december

another school shooting.

then
while watching
FOX
i saw this
segment of a billboard
from atheist.org
which cut to my core

i need CHRIST
at
CHRISTMAS
and every single moment
in between
and i am
SOMEBODY

i am not jewish,

but i do not mind

wishing

HAPPY HANUKKAH

learning about the culture

and festive traditions

marveling in the menorah

singing “how many nights”

and playing dreidel.

in one of the language arts classes
students had the joys
of learning about
festivities,
customs,
traditions,
of our brothers
and sisters
around the world.

we wouldn't dream of trying
to rewrite or cancel
the celebrations
dear to their
hearts

so please
i beg,
stop attacking
CHRISTmas.
without
CHRIST in my
CHRISTMAS,
it would be just plain old
MAS
and that would be
just plain old dumb
and
plain old boring.

i do not expect

everyone to celebrate and believe

as i believe

i just wish that others

would be courteous enough

and allow me to acknowledge

december 25,

CHRISTMAS on my calendar

and not just a winter holiday...

it is more

oh so much more

it is CHRISTMAS