Is the True Spirit of Christmas Forgotten?

Do you think the true meaning of Christmas seems to be forgotten especially this modern time? Why? What is your basis? Answers to these questions may be true or may be not. It all depends on the person. But generally speaking, what do you think?

It seems the true spirit of Christmas is becoming neglected due to the commercialization of Christmas by the big business establishments. Would it be back to what Christmas is indeed according to the Scripture.

Following is my personal experience and my observation:

When I was a kid, I was too excited to long for the coming of Christmas season. So glad to listen to Christmas songs and enjoy my peers going out at night singing carols to every home of our neighbors. Though we may have a penny to receive for our 2-hour caroling yet we were happy, And we were excited to make it the following night as long as our parents would permit us.

At school before we had our week-long Christmas vacation, But before we enjoyed it, we had Christmas party, parlor games and exchanged gifts among our classmates. We're too excited opening our gift received in exchange of our gift wrapped in Christmas wrapper. Then we went home happy and contented.

Are Monkeys Trickier Than Man?

(The following is my reaction or comment to a particular thread in the ForumCoin about the picture which requires a caption. Instead of writing a caption, I post this as a short of discussion on what I have learned about the monkey. Thus, supporting the statement that monkeys are wiser than the man. This is also reposted to my Tuetego page.)

Though, we belong to the highest kind of animal for we have a superior knowledge when compared to other animals especially the monkey.

We are intelligent for the knowledge we acquired and even some of us are born with an excellent intelligence.

When compared to animals under our kingdom of animalia, we are the rational being. We know what is right. We know how to determine the wrong from the right. We have a wisdom which goes even beyond. We have the power to judge and to condemn our fellow being.

Nakitakona's ForumCoin Achievement

Greatly elated, I am, a.k.a Nakitakona upon receiving a humble recognition from Forum Coin of my achievement. OldGuy, the community moderator posted this in FC Achievement in one of the pages in Forum Coin. This achievement manifests my active participation in the said site for period of 3 years.

By the way, ForumCoin is an online currency in which the member earns simply and easily by participating on the forum like posting articles to various topics and interacting with other forum member's post. It is simple as that, no complicated mining required.

The ForumCoin earned could buy and sell goods and services and exchange for traditional, real world currencies. Its objective is to become a new world currency, that you can use to purchase anything from apples to zoo tickets.

The Principles of LIFE of a Pastor

In the first week of April, the 41st graduation rites of our grade six pupils needed a spiritual speaker for their Baccalaureate Service. I have no the other name in my mind to recommend but Pastor Claridad. I contacted him right away through SMS from my cell phone. He verified the date and confirmed it that he is available.

Rev. Pastor Claridad

Rev. Pastor Leo Claridad is my fellow columnist in Negros Bulletin, a weekly vigilant newspaper in Western Visayas. I read his column, “From a Distance”. When the newspaper became daily, he got a new column, “Gentle Whisper” And mine is "Vibrations". Thus, we had been working together in the Negros Daily Bulletin for 25 years.

Aside from such column titles he used, he also used Gypsy moth in his social media. And he has changed it recently to Le Clear y Galvan.

What he writes in his column is his spiritual insights and its application to the people’s lives. Now he is on and off in the newspaper for he is assigned to Panay Island, particular in Lay-ahan Evangelical Church, Pototan, Iloilo as a Parish Minister.

Expanding Students' Spiritual Knowledge

The Seminary and Institute of Religion teachers of Bacolod South of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints recently had their regular training and meeting with Brother Sonny Deyro in tandem with his wife Sister Cristie B. Deyro at La Carlota Meetinghouse.

Chad H. Webb

The focus of the training is on the Church doctrinal mastery as well expounded by Chad H. Webb, administrator for Seminary and Institute of Religion in the video shown. It is pointed out that spiritual knowledge becomes effective when the scripture mastery introduced and the principles learned, are merged.

It is also stressed there that every question in life has a bearing in the teaching of Jesus Christ. Thus every question has the answer if there's faith in Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.

Thus, the opportunity to help the students of Seminar and Institute necessitates the power of the faith that gives the strength as what the scripture says "walk not faint" as read by Brother Deyro.