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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Season's Greeting
Among all the festivals and holidays of the Christian Church year, Christmas remains the most observed and most popular. Of course, much of that popularity, especially in the West, is due to the commercial promotion of the holiday. In many Protestant churches through the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Christmas was noted but not really celebrated. While observed in some church liturgies, there was very little in the way of gift giving and family celebration that marks the season today. In fact, until relatively recently, in the middle to latter nineteenth century, Christmas was a regular work day. In many areas of the world today, it remains a comparatively insignificant holiday even among Christians. Still, the Christmas story captures the heart in a way that transcends all the commercial hype.
While we most often think about Christmas as a single day, it is actually a season of the year. In its popular sense, it extends four weeks before Christmas Day and for two weeks after. However, the time before Christmas is a special season called Advent, comprising the four Sundays before Christmas Day. While the entire season of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany can be seen together, they each have distinctly different roles in the Church year. The term "Advent" means "coming" and is a season of expectation and hope, the time of waiting for the coming of the Messiah that is celebrated at Christmas. This time of waiting symbolizes the waiting throughout the Old Testament for the new act of God that would bring deliverance to his people. For Christians this season of expectation also symbolizes the waiting in anticipation for the Second Coming of the Christ when he will return and restore all things.
While we most often think about Christmas as a single day, it is actually a season of the year. In its popular sense, it extends four weeks before Christmas Day and for two weeks after. However, the time before Christmas is a special season called Advent, comprising the four Sundays before Christmas Day. While the entire season of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany can be seen together, they each have distinctly different roles in the Church year. The term "Advent" means "coming" and is a season of expectation and hope, the time of waiting for the coming of the Messiah that is celebrated at Christmas. This time of waiting symbolizes the waiting throughout the Old Testament for the new act of God that would bring deliverance to his people. For Christians this season of expectation also symbolizes the waiting in anticipation for the Second Coming of the Christ when he will return and restore all things.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
NOVember holidays...
The eleventh month of November has 30 days.
Originally, the month occurred as the ninth month on the Roman calendar - although the addition of two months (Jan. /Feb.) thereafter accounted for the two month shift later in sequence
November normally marks the transition between fall/autumn and the coming winter months ahead. The leaves have all but left the branches. Its time to winterize the home and vehicle. And the spirit of Thanksgiving ushers in holiday fare.
In United States, they celebrate every fourth Thursday of November in remembrance of the pilgrims in the states. Some may called it Veterans Day and some mostly called this Thanksgiving Day.
Originally, the month occurred as the ninth month on the Roman calendar - although the addition of two months (Jan. /Feb.) thereafter accounted for the two month shift later in sequence
November normally marks the transition between fall/autumn and the coming winter months ahead. The leaves have all but left the branches. Its time to winterize the home and vehicle. And the spirit of Thanksgiving ushers in holiday fare.
In United States, they celebrate every fourth Thursday of November in remembrance of the pilgrims in the states. Some may called it Veterans Day and some mostly called this Thanksgiving Day.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
CHILDREN's month
FIRST, CHILDREN ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE
OF HOW THEY COME INTO THE WORLD
SECOND, CHILDREN ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF
WHAT THEY BRING INTO OUR LIVES
THIRD, CHILDREN ARE IMPORTANT
BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY BECOME
FOURTH, CHILDREN ARE IMPORTANT
BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY
To provide that direction for their children, parents must take the job of being parents seriously. Being a parent is much more than fulfilling a biological function. It means being concerned about every aspect of the child's growth and development. It means caring where the child is and who his friends are. It means knowing his interests and encouraging right and proper ones and discouraging - even forbidding - those that are inappropriate or dangerous. For a parent to say "I can't do anything with my child" is an admission of "I don't know how to be a parent".
OF HOW THEY COME INTO THE WORLD
SECOND, CHILDREN ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF
WHAT THEY BRING INTO OUR LIVES
THIRD, CHILDREN ARE IMPORTANT
BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY BECOME
FOURTH, CHILDREN ARE IMPORTANT
BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY
To provide that direction for their children, parents must take the job of being parents seriously. Being a parent is much more than fulfilling a biological function. It means being concerned about every aspect of the child's growth and development. It means caring where the child is and who his friends are. It means knowing his interests and encouraging right and proper ones and discouraging - even forbidding - those that are inappropriate or dangerous. For a parent to say "I can't do anything with my child" is an admission of "I don't know how to be a parent".
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