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You can tell we’re fast approaching the end of the year because bloggers and pundits alike are churning out a virtual potpourri of Top 10 lists. In addition to the customary Top 10 Movies, Top 10 Songs, and Top 10 Books of the year, I actually came across a list of the Top 10 Dirtiest Hotels.
Just for fun, I’ve assembled two Top 10 lists of my own. I thought they might give you an idea of which topics resonated with other readers of this blog.
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Have you ever found yourself stuck behind a slow moving truck on a two-lane road where passing is prohibited? Maybe you encountered that rolling roadblock when you’re already pressed for time to get to a meeting. Or perhaps it happens on a day when you’re already tardy picking up the kids from school. Then again, maybe the delay isn’t caused by a slow moving vehicle—it’s caused by an obstinate buffalo staring you down in the middle of the road.
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Okay, I’ll admit it’s the weekend after Christmas and I’m not quite ready to let go of the season. These unhurried days spent with my family are priceless. Of course there’s the food, the caroling, and the romping around in the Colorado snow that typifies this holiday break. But I also enjoy a good trivia game.
With that in mind, here’s a White House oriented, Christmas-themed trivia game just for fun.
Special thanks to historian David Barton for assembling his comprehensive “Christmas With the Presidents” from which these questions are derived.
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Here’s something to think about as you celebrate Christmas today. Have you ever considered our focus on Jesus in the manger? You know, Jesus as a baby. I don’t know how you celebrate birthdays in your home, but when Jean and I put up the streamers and bake a cake for our boys when their birthday’s roll around, we don’t dust off their baby books and remember the day they were born. Rather, we enter into the joy of who they are today.
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Here’s a fun activity a friend sent to me that I originally posted several years ago. Once again, I thought you might enjoy using this game with the family over the Christmas holiday. The goal is to see who can identify the real song title from this list of twenty-one hints.
You could divide the guests or family members into two teams or simply make it every person for him or her self. Maybe sweeten the pot with a White Elephant gift for the person or team who gets the most correct answers.
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When it comes to talking about Christmas, it seems there’s some hesitancy on the part of our public figures these days to recognize the heart and soul of this particular holiday, namely, that the promised Savior, Jesus, was born. Such is the tragic by-product of political correctness which attempts to whitewash history into an inoffensive mishmash of feel-goodism.
This, of course, wasn’t always the case. I would have been twenty-years-old when President Reagan gave this address to the nation as Christmas day approached.
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Just a few miles south of Focus on the Family sits the Army Mountain Post of Fort Carson. The base is home to several combat brigades and has taken some of the heaviest losses in the Afghan and Iraq wars.
My friend and colleague, Devin Knuckles, recently connected with a number of Army personnel on the base. He learned that in one unit alone, the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 134 brave soldiers had given their lives over the course of the last few years.
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You’ve probably never heard of Joseph McFee, but you’re undoubtedly familiar with some of his work.
In 1891, the San Francisco-based Salvation Army Captain was consumed by a big idea. Concerned for the welfare of the poorest in the city, McFee set out to find a way to feed 1,000 people on Christmas Day. But how was he to pay for this charitable act? It was then that he remembered his time as a sailor in England.
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When I was a teenager, I remember sitting in world history class dreaming of football when the teacher started talking about a weather condition known as “the doldrums.” The doldrums occur when the prevailing winds stop blowing and a extended calm settles upon the open sea—which is a serious problem if you’re a sailor relying upon wind power to get you to where you’re going.
Thousands of years ago, European sailors on a quest to reach new lands would sometimes encounter the doldrums during a voyage across the equatorial region of the Atlantic ocean.
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When I pause long enough to consider the miracle of God sending His son into the world to be my Savior, I inevitably come away with another insight which I hadn’t seen before. This year I’m stunned by God’s choice of the shepherds to announce the birth of Jesus. Candidly, if I were writing the script, I’m pretty sure I would have picked a different cast of characters to bring the ultimate Good News.
Here’s why.
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Jim Daly is a husband, father and President of Focus on the Family and host of its National Radio Hall of Fame broadcast. His blog, Daly Focus, is full of timely commentary and wisdom designed to help you navigate and understand today’s culture. His latest book is Marriage Done Right.Home
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