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Eighteen Days Until ChristmasThough my soul may set in darkness, It will rise in perfect light, I have loved the stars too fondly To be fearful of the night.--Sarah WilliamspmPilgrim PhotoBerea Moravian Church

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A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGHWEDNESDAY EVENING.BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAYNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM OFTHE SEASON IMPACTS THE AREA. SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TUESDAYMORNING AND THEN BE HEAVY TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING LATEWEDNESDAY. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL HIT THE AREA TUESDAY

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(Image from FreeFoto.com)The Second Sunday of AdventHad she never spoken I would have assumed she was a simple variation on the bag lady wandering in off the street to sit and get warm in the ICU waiting room. Biases dies hard. I of course knew she wasn't. She was probably someone's sister, mother, aunt. The Neurologigal Sciences ICU waiting room isn't that accessible to the street people of

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The Woodstock aura, that is. Four months...December 6 – The Altamont Free Concert is held at the Altamont Speedway in northern California. Hosted by the Rolling Stones, it is an attempt at a "Woodstock West" and is best known for the uproar of violence that occurred. It is viewed by many as the "end of the sixties."

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Twenty Days Until ChristmasBlessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love!~Hamilton Wright MabiepmPilgrim PhotoBerea Moravian Church

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I have been working at the renewed body program I set out on about a month ago. So far I have managed to lose a total of 10 pounds, then gained 4 back on Thanksgiving weekend. I have also not been doing the "gym-thing" as regularly. No excuses. Just do other things instead. So this from LiveScience should be one more incentive.A new study proves the old Roman saying, "A sound mind in a sound body

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Twenty-one Days Until ChristmasHappy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home!~Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers, 1836pmPilgrim Photo

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Thanks to Street Prophets for the link to this amazing rendition of Handel's classic.

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Well, maybe not crowds, but you can catch it from others. According to LiveScience the other day:Loneliness, like a bad cold, can spread among groups of people, new research finds.While a runny nose might spread through handshakes, people likely catch the loneliness bug through negative interactions. A lonely person will be less trusting of others, essentially "making a mountain out of a molehill

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pmPilgrim PhotoTwenty-two Days Until Christmas "Take time to be aware that in the very midst of our busy preparations for the celebration of Christ’s birth in ancient Bethlehem, Christ is reborn in the Bethlehems of our homes and daily lives. Take time, slow down, be still, be awake to the Divine Mystery that looks so common and so ordinary yet is wondrously present. "An old abbot was fond of

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It started in East Germany, spread to Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and other eastern bloc countries. Now it was the Big Domino itself.December 3 - Cold War: In a meeting off the coast of Malta, U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev release statements indicating that the Cold War between their nations may be coming to an end.

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December 3 – Eleven fans are killed during a stampede for seats before The Who concert at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio.This was later memorialized in a touching episode of the wonderful TV series, WKRP in Cincinnati. A tragic event in music.

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Twenty-three Days Until ChristmasWe clasp the hands of those that go before us, And the hands of those who come after us. We enter the little circle of each other's arms And the larger circle of lovers, Whose hands are joined in a dance, And the larger circle of all creatures, Passing in and out of life, Who move also in a dance, To a music so subtle and vast that no ear hears it Except in

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One evening a long-sober person in recovery was talking about his journey and the fact that even when a person gets sober and into a strong program their disease continues to grow. Silent. Deadly. Patient. Like with cancer or such diseases if it recurs, goes out of remission, it is often stronger and more virulent than it was before.This sober individual was talking about how he would probably

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December 2 – The Boeing 747 jumbo jet makes its debut. It carries 191 people, most of them reporters and photographers, from Seattle, Washington to New York City.I still consider the 747 as the premiere jumbo jet. It's design is as distinctive as ever. It's gracefulness in the sky is unmatched. An enduring engineering marvel.

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Twenty-four Days Until ChristmasWhen was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing - just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park?--Ralph MarstonPicture by pmPilgrimat Berea Moravian Church

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December 1 – Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War IIOh do I remember that night. The night that made so many things change for so many people. People hung by the radio to hear what their birthday would be in the number list. Number 190 was the cutoff for 1970. Lower than that,you were drafted. You were in the army and perhaps headed to Vietnam. Higher

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Twenty-five Days to ChristmasWhat I believe is so magnificent, so glorious, that it is beyond finite comprehension. To believe that the universe was created by a purposeful, benign Creator is one thing. To believe that this Creator took on human vesture, accepted death and mortality, was tempted, betrayed, broken, and all for love of us, defies reason. It is so wild that it terrifies some

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(Image from FreeFoto.com)Apocalyptic VisionsThe assigned Gospel for this morning was one of those end-times apocalyptic passages. Having just been reading Frank Schaeffer's discussion of the Left Behind series I was particularly attuned to the way these passages are often used as blueprints, scripts, for something that Jesus has told us no one knows. Not even the Son. Yet here he says,When these

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The Season of Advent begins tomorrow. One of the traditions of Advent is a calendar. Here is what Wikipedia has to say about the history of the Advent calendar.The origins of the Advent calendar come from German Lutherans who, at least as early as the beginning of the 19th century, would count down the 24 days of Advent physically. Often this meant simply drawing a chalk line on the door each day

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Last week, The Week Magazine had a quote from Steve Chapman in the Chicago Tribune. It made me think....“Watching Fox News, you get the impression that huge numbers of Americans regard Obama as a Stalinist. Switch on MSNBC, and you would assume that most people want Dick Cheney sent to Guantánamo. You would be mistaken. Fox News averages just 2.6 million viewers on a typical weeknight, or less

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Bill Kinnon hits it out of the park with this post that he developed from Dan Whitemarsh...What we win them with, is what we win them to. Win them with entertainment, and you've created customers - who expect to be continually entertained.Picking up our crosses and following Jesus is not particularly attractive. Buying into a worldview where the last are first, and the first are last doesn't win

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This is hard to comprehend. On this day in1942 Jimi Hendrix, born in Seattle, Washington rock guitarist, That means he would be, yes, 67 years old. Sadly he is forever 27.From You Tube: Purple Haze:Here is his entire performance at Woodstock a year before his death.

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Take the time today to give thanks.Take time to review all in your life you are grateful for.Do that everyday and you will be amazed at the list and the improvement in your life.Even if it is good today, it will remain so, focused on gratitude.No, this is not meant to be a "prosperity" Gospel or an exercise in denial. The possibility for change and growth only starts when we know where we are-

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Green Bay Packers 34Detroit Lions 12Aaron Rodgers continues his high-quality outstanding year.Has anyone else noticed that the Packers are a possibility (and a decent one at that) for one of the Wild Card spots? Might there be a return trip to the 'Dome in January?Stay tuned.

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