Monthly Archives: December 2015

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  Merry or Not, here I come!

  Posted on December 22, 2015 by abilities1st@comcast.net in Uncategorized.

  In the interest of the holiday season I thought I would attempt to answer a question that personally I have wondered about for years. Why do we say “Merry Christmas” instead of “Happy Christmas?” According to www.phrases.org.uk, the word “Merry” comes for the Old English meaning pleasant. Christmas time has been celebrated for centuries. The […]

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  3 Gifts for Christ!

  Posted on December 15, 2015 by abilities1st@comcast.net in Uncategorized.

  With the holidays fast approaching I thought it may be nice to follow my normal practice of talking about a spiritual topic. Most people are familiar with the Christmas Story, so I wanted to have a different take on a common story. When Jesus was born the wise men followed a star in the east […]

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  This Holiday Consider all of Those Around You

  Posted on December 8, 2015 by abilities1st@comcast.net in Uncategorized.

  Around this time of year people are focused on family and friends. We gather with the ones we love. Yet after the holidays we all go back to our independent lives. This year consider the benefits of being interconnected. We live in a society that exalts strong independent people. People like standing up for themselves […]

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  The Truth About Guilt Revealed

  Posted on December 2, 2015 by abilities1st@comcast.net in Uncategorized.

  The holidays are supposed to be a joyous time of year. Often times with the extra responsibilities and stress it brings out additional emotions. Sometimes that emotion is guilt. When something happens that we don’t expect there is often a search for answers and when something bad happens we, as people, like to assign blame. […]

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