Informed Christians should understand the origins of Halloween as they assess their level of involvement in celebrating what is actually a “pagan” holiday.
According to Wikipedia,
Halloween is typically linked to the celtic festival of Samhain which is derived from Old Irish and means “summer’s end”. The festival of Samhain celebrates the end of the “lighter half” [...]
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October 31, 2009
The History of Halloween, Is It Really Something Christians Should Celebrate?
August 24, 2009
Beware Fall Fall-out, Shelter Needed from Death by Watching…
As the temperatures descend and the evenings get chilly most of us move indoors. Fall leaves fly and the center of family life changes from the backyard and the patio grill to the family room and the entertainment center. It is a natural change but beware the subtle fall-out that fall may bring to your [...]
July 6, 2009
Authenticity = Totally Undisputed Credibility; The Difference Between Character and Reputation
It is fascinating to me in our contemporary culture, how easy it can be for an individual to foist a reputation that is based on very little true substance.
Our current society feasts on the fluff of evaporating charisma while it starves for the true grit and moral fiber that is needed to shape history. It has become simpler and simpler to manufacture a reputation [...]
May 24, 2009
Memorial Day is About Remembering…
I come from a family that will always remember a great loss. My uncle Ted Morton was killed in action in Korea in 1951 and was MIA for seventeen months before they located his body in a shallow grave on a Korean beach. He was an infantryman in the army and had been killed rushing from [...]
April 17, 2009
Thou Shalt Not Commit Blog Fraud
In this so-called “post-modern” world one of the big buzz words repeated again and again is authenticity.
Post-moderns want to be authentic and call for those around them to be authentic as well.
If you are foggy about the exact definitions of these terms, let me refresh your memory.
authentic: adjective — not false or copied; genuine; [...]
March 8, 2009
Economic Woes Could Bear Good Fruit Amongst Spoiled Americans
Please excuse a few blipped and slightly off-color comments, I hope you were not too offended. It is just that I could not resist posting this video, my daughter posted it on her face-book and as I watched–I thought it was so true, and so very, very, funny! We are all so ungrateful [...]
February 25, 2009
The Suspense is Over for Dog Lovers The Obama’s New Pet Will Be a Portuguese Water Dog
This post may seem a bit atypical for W@C blog but under the “Just For Fun” category, I thought some of you dog lovers out there might be interested in the lastest “first family” news. Hot off the presses, according to the CNN Political Ticker
“First Lady Michelle Obama told People magazine that her family has decided [...]
January 29, 2009
For All You Shoe Lovers–What Do You Think About Red Shoes?
Greta Van Susteren reported on her blog ”GretaWire” today about a pair of red hot shoes worn by Gov. Sarah Palin. I happen to like Sarah and red shoes so I thought this was definitely blogworthy.
Greta following this incredibly important story stated, ”A pair of shoes worn by Gov. Sarah Palin during her campaign for vice president [...]
January 26, 2009
The “March for Life” on the Mall Ignored by Media
Fox News’ Religion Contributor Father Jonathan Morris, has reported on the Fox News Blog that “an estimated 200,000 people marched on the Mall in Washington last week on Jan. 22nd in protest on the 36th anniversary of the 1973 Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court ruling.”
(Roe vs. Wade as you know is the ruling that has provided legal cover [...]
January 24, 2009
The First Lady’s Fight to Protect Her Girls from Exploitation Begins…
It has only been days since the inauguration and the media and marketing empires of the United States are already speeding to exploit the privacy of the newly installed “first family.” The toy company responsible for the “beanie babies craze,” Ty, came out this week with a pair of dolls mimicking the two “first daughters.”
In reaction [...]
October 22, 2008
Sarah Palin Calls for Intercession Believing God Will Do the “Right Thing for America”
While many are accusing Sarah Palin of arrogance and religious fanaticism, I view Sarah as the ultimate woman of faith. She is calling for prayer believing that in the end God will listen and what is right for America will happen on Nov. 4. Please heed Sarahs call to action and pray!
CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby reported [...]
September 22, 2008
Sarah Palin―more than just a pretty face―the perfect VP for McCain.
On this blog we have had numerous comments questioning Sarah Palin’s ability to fulfill the role of vice president. There is a tendency to want to compare her to Obama who is obviously running for president. President and vice president are two distinctly different job descriptions and it is my opinion that Sarah Palin will [...]
September 11, 2008
Sarah Palin, a candidate “for such a time as this.”
I am the proud grandmother of a granddaughter named Avery Grace who will be one year old this month. My granddaughter is a very active one year old, beautiful in all ways, who also has Down Syndrome. Because of Avery’s developmental disability you can imagine that I was very interested when I heard that the [...]
