Paying It Forward A smile’s not a smile till it wrinkles your face,A bell’s not a bell without ringing.A home’s not a home when there’s nobody there, A song’s not a song without singing. Love isn’t love till you give it away, Love isn’t love till it’s free.Love in your heart wasn’t put there to…
Category: Holidays, Holy Days
Special days and celebrations
Still Valentine’s Day
Family & Friends In addition to Agape, we also have the gift of “Storge” (STOR-jay), Greek for familial love. (Quarrels happen, but we have each other’s back, right?) God has also given us “Philia” (FILL-ee-uh), the bond seen in friendships. “A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what…
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Ah, Love! While we may not have “Eros” (AIR-ohs, Greek for romantic love) in our lives just now, we still celebrate; because without exception, we are the recipients of “Agape” (Uh-GAH-pay), the highest kind of love: God’s love – perfect and unconditional. So take a moment with the truth: You are loved, abundantly and forever,…
New Year’s Day
“Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.” – Brooks Atkinson ”For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning.” –…
Halloween: Did You Know?
The word Halloween or Hallowe’en dates to about 1745 and is of Christian origin. The word “Hallowe’en” is a contraction of “All Hallows’ Eve” (meaning the evening before All Hallows’ or All Saints’ Day). Although the phrase “All Hallows’” is found in Old English, “All Hallows’ Eve” is itself not seen until 1556. Here are…
Rosh Hashana
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins at sundown on Sunday, September 29 and ends at sundown on Tuesday, October 1, the only Jewish holiday which lasts for two entire days (considered as one very long day). It is traditionally the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, and the inauguration of humanity’s role…
Labor Day
The “Works“ Jesus Commands Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in…
September
September 2: Labor Day Wise words bring many benefits, and hard work brings rewards. Proverbs 12: 14 NLT September 6: Read A Book DayReading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. Joseph Addison (English writer May 1, 1672 – June 17, 1719) September 8: Grandparents DayYou shall give due honor and respect to…
Hello, August!
AUGUST “HOLIDAYS“ 2 National Coloring Book Day (It’s never too late to celebrate!)4 Friendship Day (Here’s to all of you!)6 National Root Beer Float Day8 International Cat Day (At my house, everyday is cat day!)10 National Lazy Day/National Smores Day (Perhaps we can celebrate both by having someone else make the Smores!)13 International Left-Handers Day15…
The Land of the Free, the Home of the Brave
The Declaration of Independence: The Want, Will, and Hopes of the People “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Thomas Jefferson And you will know the truth,…