WHAT COLOR IS YOUR JESUS?
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WHAT COLOR IS YOUR JESUS?
by Lorri V. Allen, Speaker, Author
My husband-to-be had a bleak view of church when we first met. His overriding memory of Sunday school was being punished at age three for coloring Jesus purple.
What the teacher saw as disrespect was more likely a foreshadow of Mark’s artistic talent. Do you think Jesus minded being purple? I don’t. Every culture depicts Jesus a little differently. I have seen fair-skinned, blue-eyed Jesuses (or is it Jesi?), black ones, Asian ones, and in my friend Ellen’s nativity scenes from Mexico, a beautiful brown-eyed, toasty-skinned baby Jesus.
In reality, Jesus probably sported a swarthy complexion, with dark eyes and black hair, like many of the Middle Easterners we see today. But what is more important than color is size. There is no doubt Jesus was an infant. So, next time you see a child, think about Jesus, and how much he loved us to become a baby that burped and spit up. Think about how he might have said his first words or taken his first step.
The color of Jesus’ skin doesn’t matter because if he lives in our hearts, he does look just like we do.
By the way, Mark still isn’t exactly wild about Sunday school, but he likes purple. Best of all, he loves Jesus!
Reprinted from the HEART OF THE HOLIDAYS book, by Sheryl L. Roush
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Bask in the glow of winter’s warmth. Celebrate the most blessed time of year with lighthearted tales, original stories and poems, and quotations… Chapters include: Thanksgiving, Christmas, Yuletide Around the Globe, Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, Ringing in the New Year…
ORDER COPIES of the HEART OF THE HOLIDAYS book here.
ORDER THE MUSIC CD:
Touching the heart with music, Heart of the Holidays is a celebration of the season. Included are creative new interpretations of the traditional Chanukah songs "Mo’oz Tsur" and "Sivivon." Two original numbers written and performed by Laurie Z., "Heart of the Holidays" and "Warmth From Within" easily hold their own next to the traditional songs we all know by heart. Playful touches are included, like special guest, late actor Jack Palance singing "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," topping it all off with Jack Palance’s delightful reading of "The Night Before Christmas."
ORDER COPIES of the HEART OF THE HOLIDAYS Music CD here.
VIEW OTHER BOOKS –AND MUSIC IN THIS SERIES:
Click on title to view each book.
Heart of a Woman (printed)
Heart of a Military Woman (printed) ….. and on Kindle
Heart of a Mother (printed)
Heart of a Mother (printed with Bonus Music CD)
Heart of a Mother … Music CD
Heart of the Holidays (printed) ….. and on Kindle
Heart of the Holidays … Music CD
Heart of a Woman in Business (printed)
Corazon de Mujer (printed) (Heart of a Woman in Spanish)
Christmas Website Links
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EASY CHRISTMAS LINKS
Aristotle’s Christmas on the Web
www.wassail.com
Carol Garretson’s Christmas Stories
www.geocities.com/Heartland/1510
Christmas Traditions around the world.
www.santas.net/ aroundtheworld.htm
Christmas ’round the World (Wide Web)
http://eclecticesoterica.com/christmas.html
Hundreds of Christmas cookie recipes
www.christmas-cookies.com
WorldView! Christmas.com around the world!
Cultures and Customs
NORAD’s tracking of Santa
www.noradsanta.org
CLAUS.COM is the oldest and most popular Christmas website on the Internet
www.claus.com/village.php
Lots of neat Christmas information from the people at HowStuffWorks.com
www.howstuffworks.com/christmas
Holiday stories, recipes, traditions, games, etc.
www.merry-christmas.com
Reader’s Digest Christmas
www.rdchristmas.com
Games, a letter from Santa, Mrs. Claus and Rudolph, and you can write to Santa
www.northpole.net
Heart of the Holidays: Yuletide Treasures and Traditions, book by Sheryl Roush
Heart of the Holidays book
Heart of the Holidays book with Music CD
Heart of the Holidays – Music
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THIS IS MAGNIFICENT HOLIDAY MUSIC—-PIANO with HEART!!!
Browsing the internet this morning, I came across this unique and touching CD that goes along with the theme of the Heart of the Holidays book – and BY THE SAME NAME! So of course, it got MY attention. I listened to title theme song track and then a few more songs, and ordered it!
“The songs on my albums, although they’re mostly instrumental, each carry a lot of meaning with them. I have a very vivid image in my head when I write, which I try to convey musically and melodically. My goal is to get you to feel what I’m feeling, without using words.”
~ Laurie Z.
Touching the heart with music, Heart of the Holidays is a celebration of the season. Included are creative new interpretations of the traditional Chanukah songs "Mo’oz Tsur" and "Sivivon." Two original numbers written and performed by Laurie Z., "Heart of the Holidays" and "Warmth From Within" easily hold their own next to the traditional songs we all know by heart. Playful touches are included, like special guest, late actor Jack Palance singing "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," topping it all off with Jack Palance’s delightful reading of "The Night Before Christmas."
Read more about musical prodigy Laurie Zeluck Carter here.
A touching tribute to Laurie’s life is posted here (1957-2006).
