cheranne

http://www.slide.com/r/QNi430j3tD-I0aFzGqo...p;view=original

I celebrate everything!

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Been there done that,but thanks anyway..organized religon just doesn't work for us. But,my backyard view of nature is great,I use that as my cathedral in the woods.

nevermind :unsure:

Got any christmas songs to share that will make us laugh? Lets see em!

ice ice baby a truck just flipped over in my neighborhood.

http://www.slide.com/r/oIAQsi6Koz9nTpNdB9n...p;view=original

I know right? :blink: It is almost embarresing to say I was in that,no wonder NO ONE is speaking out! That little artious <_< ship is going DOWN like the Titanic baby(hope they get enough life rafts ! God bless em all!

I was in Nursing until a car accident and couldn't lift paralyzed bodies anymore so I got into retail. Not as much gratification,I loved my job at a Medical Day Program 7-4 weekends off. But,working at a book store is fun if you like books.

I want to see a picture! Sound ghetto

well ...I just love the statue of Jesus in Rio!

I began to notice during my wow year,and then after sponsering corp people.it is one of those I could kick myself for being an idiot.

Bring it on I ain't skeerded,I have special forces training and most of all raised teenagers to be quite nice people now. I only want people of twi past ,present and future "potential victims" to not be SUCKED into a MONEY PIT.

GPS, hidden cameras watching over Baby Jesus By ERIC GORSKI – Dec 10, 2008 When Baby Jesus disappeared last year from a Nativity scene on the lawn of the Wellington, Fla., community center, village officials didn't follow a star to locate him. A GPS device mounted inside the life-size ceramic figurine led sheriff's deputies to a nearby apartment, where it was found face down on the carpet. An 18-year-old woman was arrested in the theft. Giving up on old-fashioned padlocks and trust, a number of churches, synagogues, governments and ordinary citizens are turning to technology to protect holiday displays from pranks or prejudice. About 70 churches and synagogues eager to avoid the December police blotter jumped at a security company's offer of free use of GPS systems and hidden cameras this month to guard their mangers and menorahs. Others, like the Herrera family of North Richland Hills, Texas, took matters into their own hands. Upset after their teeter-totter was stolen, the family trained surveillance cameras on their yard and was surprised when footage showed a teenage girl stealing a baby Jesus worth almost $500. Police have obtained the tape. "They took the family Jesus," said Gloria Herrera, 48, a Catholic. "How can anybody do that?" For two consecutive years, thieves made off with the baby Jesus figurine in Wellington, a well-off village of 60,000 in Palm Beach County, Fla. The ceramic original, donated by a local merchant, was made in Italy and worth about $1,800, said John Bonde, Wellington's director of operations. So last year, officials took a GPS unit normally used to track the application of mosquito spray and implanted it in the latest replacement figurine. After that one disappeared, sheriff's deputies quickly tracked it down. Sensing opportunity in that kind of success story, New York-based BrickHouse Security is offering up to 200 nonprofit religious institutions a free month's use of security cameras and LightningGPS products it distributes. Chief executive officer Todd Morris said the idea was born after a few churches asked about one-month rentals instead of longer contracts that are the norm. The first 20 or so applications came from synagogues, he said. Rabbi Yochonon Goldman of Lubavitch of Center City, a Philadelphia-area branch of the Chabad Lubavitch movement, signed up even though his previous biggest scare involved the wind knocking down a menorah. "People are very security conscious, and this is simply a precaution," said Goldman, who will put a GPS on one menorah and a camera on another. "It's sad ... but it's the reality we're faced with." As members of a minority religion, Jews are probably hit harder when their religious symbols are vandalized, said Deborah Lauter, national civil rights director for the Anti-Defamation League. "If Baby Jesus is removed, it tends to be seen as a prank," Lauter said. "Vandalism or theft of a menorah is just more sensitive. You feel like you're really being targeted for your religion." The ADL identified 699 incidents of anti-Semitic vandalism in 2007, consistent with recent years. So far in 2008, Baby Jesus has appeared in several police reports. At First United Methodist Church in Kittanning, Pa., a baby Jesus was stolen and replaced with a pumpkin. In Eureka Springs, Ark., someone who absconded with a plastic baby Jesus from a public display last week also took the concrete block and chain that was supposed to act as a deterrent. Previously, stolen Jesus figurines have also been defaced with profanity or Satanic symbols. The incidents raise a question: Is stealing Baby Jesus harmless juvenile fun, or anti-Christian? "I suspect most of it is childish pranks," said attorney Mike Johnson of the Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative Christian legal group. "Clearly, there are adults with an agenda to remove Christ from Christmas. But they tend to occupy themselves with the courts and courtroom of public opinion." Stephen Nissenbaum, a retired history professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and author of "The Battle for Christmas," views the thefts as neither innocent vandalism nor religious hate crimes. "What it means is that it's OK to go around violating even pretty important norms, as long as real human harm isn't being done," he said. "It's not exactly devaluing Christianity, but it is sort of a ritualized challenge to it. It could be Christian kids doing it — and on Jan. 2 they become good Christians again."

I have a masters degree in shiny hynieology and a BS in "BS"

thanks rumrunner! Sometimes I have extra time between diaper college for 2 grandsons but, I will say this I think about twi and people to be healed from that mess.(and they are on a special prayer list)

kinda sucks being the prey of dollar signs.

http://www.rockyou.com/show_my_gallery.php...nceid=128938698

A professor at the University of Mississippi was giving a > lecture on 'Involuntary Muscular Contractions' to > his first year medical students. > > Realizing this was not the most riveting subject, the > professor decided to lighten the mood slightly. He pointed > to a young woman in the front row and said, > > > > 'Do you know what your .... is doing while > you're having an orgasm?' > > > > She replied, 'Probably deer hunting with his > buddies.' > > > > It took 45 minutes to restore order in the > classroom.........

that is so true! Thanks Jeff

HARVEST The flowers grow from tiny seeds They grow and they are beautiful and their essence is so sweet as we should beas children of the Lord They grow from water,from soil and care from the Creator It is always with His hands whether it is rain or uncertain climates During the seasons of our lives These flowers grow because He is God Through the loving hands of thebody of Christ- In the hearts of men and women, children and watering with seeds with "pure" water of Gods word. Compassion and Mercy Wisdom and Patience Yet for a season as we are ...but a VaporFor His Glory- It is most BEAUTIFUL THE BODY OF CHRIST

Courage I have found the courage I've always had I found it in the fireplace of my soul I found it in the salt of my tears I found it in the beatings of my heart And the struggles to exist I found it in anger I found it in peace I found it in rage I found it in darkness I found it in light I found courage in life I found courage in death I found it in your eyes I found it in your smile I found it in your touch I found it in our child I found it in the sunrise and the sunset I found it in every breath Have any poems to share? I didn't see a poetry corner but I would like to hear yours if you want to share,even if they are funny or weird or scary

People taught me from birth Baby Jesus was the reason for Christmas.