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Five of My Grandfather’s Siblings – All Broken Branches. Premature Death, Never Able to Bloom and Grow into Adulthood. 52 Ancestors, Week 25: Broken Branch.
The 52 Ancestors writing theme this week is Broken Branch. This is the meaning of a broken tree or broken tree branch in family trees and on headstones; a tree represents life, a broken tree, or a broken branch, symbolizes death, or … Continue reading
Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy
Tagged 52 Ancestors, Allen County Indiana, Ashley Indiana, Broken Branches, Broken Flower Stem, Broken Tree Branch, Catholic, Cole, Danner, DeKalb County Indiana, Detroit, family history, Family Tree, Fort Wayne Indiana, Genealogy, girl's reformatory school, Glomerulonephritis, gravestones, headstones, House of the Good Shepherd, Indiana, Michigan, Nephritis, North, Premature Death, Prindle, Sisters of the Good Shepherd, Sisters of the Good Shepherd Girls Reformatory, symbolism, Wayne County Michigan
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Rosa Mystica. A Christmas Ghazal Poem.
Rosa Mystica Rosa Mysticaa fragrant secret upon the mouth of God. Hildegard Von BingenYour praises echoed from her saintly lips. A Rose among thornsHeavenly chants of medieval monks fill the air. Garden of GodYour divine place of sweet refrain; rest … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, Catholic, Christmas, Judaism, Religious, Theology
Tagged Bible Study, Catholic, Christian, Christmas, Es is ein Ros entsprungen, faith, Genealogy, Ghazal, Hebrew Bible, Hildegard Von Bingen, How a Rose E’er Blooming, It is a rose sprung up, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Nativity, New Testament, Old Testament, Poetry, Rosa Mystica, The Bible, Virgin Mary
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The Salvation Army Red Kettle and Ringing of Bell History
As I was getting my Mrs. Santa Claus outfit together, in the last few weeks, in preparation for volunteering to ring The Salvation Army bell this holiday season, I decided to discover the history behind The Salvation Army red kettle … Continue reading
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Tagged bell ringers, Bells, Catholic, Charity, Christian, Christianity, Christians, Christmas, Christmastime, faith, Holidays, Hope, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Love, Merry Christmas, Mrs. Santa, Mrs. Santa Claus, Red Kettle, The Bible, The Salvation Army, volunteering
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The Sacredness of 1 and 2 Maccabees and Importance in Relation to Hanukkah
I wrote this in response to a classmate, in my World Religions course, that was discussing the Maccabean Revolt and 1 and 2 Maccabees. As a Protestant, she was not familiar with the stories found in these books. In her … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, Catholic, Judaism, Religious, Theology, World Religions
Tagged 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, Bible Study, Catholic, Chanukah, Christian, Dr. Michael Brown, faith, Festival of LIghts, Hebrew Bible, Jewish, Judaism, Luther, miracles, Mysteries, New Testament, Old Testament, The Bible
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Salvation in Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Monotheism.
Zoroastrianism “may be a minor religion on the world scene today, but it has had a major impact on the world by way of the other monotheisms.” (15) Monotheism: “the doctrine or belief that there is only one God.” (16) My … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, Catholic, Religious, Theology, Uncategorized, World Religions
Tagged Apocrypha, Arabic Infancy Gospel, Babylon, Bible Study, Book of Ezra, Book of Nehemiah, Catholic, Christian, Christianity, Christimas, Epiphany, faith, God, Gospel of Matthew, Infancy Gospel of Thomas, Iran, Islam, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Judaism, Love one another, Magi, Monotheism, New Testament, Old Testament, original sin, Persia, Protoevangelium of James, Religion, Salvation, Syriac Infancy Gospel, The Bible, The First Infancy Gospel of Jesus Christ, The Three Wise Men, Yahweh, Zoroaster, Zoroastrianism
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The Japanese Akkorokamui
The Japanese people “emerge from the aboriginal Ainu people. There are still remnants of the Ainu in northern Japan.” (1) They were hunter-gatherers that worshiped nature and animals, The Ainu were animists and believed that all things are inhabited by spirits known … Continue reading
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Tagged Ainu, Akkorokamui, Ashketanne Mat, Bible Study, Catholic, Christian, faith, folklore, Hebrew Bible, Hokkaido, Japan, Japanese, John Batchelor, kami, kamuy, killer whales, New Testament, Old Testament, orcas, Religion, Repunkamui, Shinto, The Bible, unicorns, Virigin Mary, World Religions, Yaoshikepu, Yushkep Kamuy
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