Nov. 28 Today’s Prayer
Saturday, Nov. 28
Lord, we pray that we have clean hearts and hands that are pleasing in Your sight. Amen.
Nov. 27 Today’s Prayer
Friday, Nov. 27
When You call upon us to serve You, Lord, let us be obedient and not ignore Your call. Amen.
Nov. 26 Today’s Prayer
Thursday, Nov. 26 - Thanksgiving Day
Today, we thank You for our friends, family and the many blessings You have bestowed upon us. Amen.
Shopping with Christmas buttons
Ok, the Christmas shopping season officially begins Friday and I just learned about a Christmas button that some folks in other parts of the country are wearing as they flock to stores.
It’s part of a campaign called “Wish Me a Merry Christmas” that has folks who want retailers to return to greeting them with “Merry Christmas” when they shop in their stores.
You see the button here with this posting.
Apparently, individuals and churches are purchasing these buttons from the campaign Web site at www.wmamc.com. More than 200,000 of the buttons have been distributed, the campaign’s organizers said.
They noted that in a 2004 Gallup Poll, 88 percent of Americans said it was OK for retailers to wish them a “Merry Christmas.”
In a news release, campaign manager Ashley Tarter said the goal of the campaign is to:
1. To actively retract adverse corporate holiday wishing policies, by returning to the traditional and explicit “Merry Christmas” phrase;
2. To restore use of the symbols, language and sounds of Christmas in in-store displays, signage and music, as well as in November and December advertising.
I searched on the campaign’s Web site and, as yet, there is not a charter church spearheading the campaign in Oklahoma.
It’s an interesting initiative though.
Carla Hinton
Religion Editor
Nov. 25 Today’s Prayer
Wednesday, Nov. 25
You know our hopes for the future, dear Lord. If it be Your will, help us to accomplish our goals. Amen.
Nov. 24 Today’s Prayer
Tuesday, Nov. 24
Lord, may we not turn a blind eye to suffering, instead let us always be willing to help those in need. Amen.
Nov. 23 Today’s Prayer
Monday, Nov. 23
Dear Lord, let us be diligent in our work that we might bring glory to You each day. Amen.
Nov. 22 Today’s Prayer
Sunday, Nov. 22
Dear Lord, thank you for being patient with us and giving us ample opportunities to know You. Amen.
Nov. 21 Today’s Prayer
Saturday, Nov. 21
Lord, let us never be afraid to speak openly with You and to willingly pour out our hearts and desires. Amen.
Spirituality in the “Twilight” saga
There are spiritual lessons to be gleaned from the fictional “Twilight” saga that has lots of folks abuzz these days.
The premiere of the feature film “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” again brings to reel-life the love story of Bella Swan and her vampire boyfriend Edward.
Beliefnet.com has a new posting offering Claudia Mair Burney’s perspective on the spirituality one can find in the popular tale of teen love and angst.
“I’m also a junkie for the Twilight Saga’s completely unrealistic love story. “Who acts like that?”, I ask myself, but I keep coming back. Deep down inside I knew who acted that way. Edward’s inhumanly perfect love and Bella’s passionate attachment to him echoed —don’t laugh—the sacred romance between God and me,” Burney wrote.
Check it out at “Spiritual Lessons of Twilight.”
Saturday, Beliefnet.com will feature a movie review of the new film by Movie Mom Nell Minow.
Carla Hinton
Religion Editor
