Opening the Gifts of Christmas: Practicing the Angelic Gifts of Faith, Hope, Charity, and LoveAndrews McMeel Publishing, 01/01/2009 - 240 من الصفحات A lovely folktale holds that when Christianity first came to northern Europe, four spirits representing the virtues of Faith, Hope, Charity, and Love were sent from heaven to place lights on the original Christmas tree. Opening the Gifts of Christmas invites readers to honor those spirits year round with a collection of heartwarming holiday stories and suggestions for living the four virtues every day. Every year it seems the Christmas season grows longer--decorations appear in stores even before Halloween--and yet our collective Christmas spirit wanes. The holiday frenzy erodes our Christmas cheer, and on December 26 any warm yuletide sentiments we have left are packed away with the ornaments and wrapping paper for another ten months. What if, instead of losing the Christmas spirit so quickly, we could extend the faith, hope, charity, and love we feel at Christmastime throughout the year? Opening the Gifts of Christmas can help us do just that. In four sections, best-selling authors Jennifer Basye Sander and Jamie Miller define each virtue and explain not only its connection to Christmas but also its importance in our everyday lives. Inspiring true stories illuminate each of the virtues, followed by suggestions for practicing them everyday. Opening the Gifts of Christmas will help readers internalize the spirit of Christmas so that it is just they may have greater joy and personal peace year round. |
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... played in the event more than two thousand years ago . Ponder the scene as if you were there at the time . Smell the fresh hay beneath your feet , listen to the lowing of the cattle and bleating of the sheep, picture the new, wrinkled ...
... play . But luck was with me , and I found a CD recording by a Canadian group known as the Billy Andrusco Trio — and ... played “Hush-a-Bye” on the air, 16 OPENING the Gifts of Christmas.
... playing the music of Poland and were now well into the Christmas music of Germany. And not only that, but to play just the Polish version was impossible. You had to listen to the English version first. But my moment of selfishness ...
... play that Polish song again . " And Walter did . By the time he returned to the room after making the phone call , the music he'd requested was playing . As he watched with his wife and the nurse , all three were stunned as Clara — who ...
... plays an integral role in most of life's important events and milestones . Try to imagine a graduation without hearing " Pomp and Circumstance " ; a birthday without " Happy Birthday to You " ; a wedding without the " Wedding March ...