Every Christmas the Yuletide card portrays a silver star in a navy blue sky and every year the same heavenly object sparkles from the top of the decorated evergreen. At season's end the three wise men and their fellow shepherds gather at a hastily set up manger for the familiar nativity scene. Though it shimmers on the greeting card and its brilliance lights up the tannebaum, it wasn't a star that erupted into a supernova on that dark Judean night. The star that shone so brightly two thousand years ago was wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.

Paul is led up a 512 ft. hill, Mars Hill, also known as Areopagus, and there he faces the Epicureans and the Stoics (and others). These intellectual giants represented the philosophical thinking of the day in which Paul lived. And when these PhD’s saw Paul, they sneered and considered him a vain babbler (seed picker).

Ephesians 5:17 it says Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead be filled with the Spirit. Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

This article examines the power of myth in relation to Celtic spirituality.

I thought I would draw this article up as a reference page in the event any of you would ever need, at a quick glance, exactly what the 10 commandments are. I will actually type out the specific Bible verse the 10 commandments comes off of as God makes some additional statements under some of these commandments that is usually not written down when you see little tablets of the 10 commandments at your local Christian bookstore.

For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. --GALATIANS 3:27, RSV I was thanking the Father today for His mercy. I began listing the sins He’d forgiven. My motives were pure and my heart was thankful, but my understanding of God was wrong. It hit me when I used the word remember.

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. --JOHN 1:14 For thirty-three years Jesus felt everything you and I have ever felt. To think of Jesus in such a light is—well, it seems almost irreverent, doesn’t it? It’s not something we like to do; it’s uncomfortable. It is much easier to keep the humanity out of the incarnation. There is something about keeping Him divine that keeps Him distant, packed, predictable. But don’t do it. For heaven’s sake, don’t. Let Him be as human as He intended to be. Let Him into the mire and muck of our world. For only if we let Him in can He pull us out. Listen to Him.

Traditional psychotherapy/psychoanalysis fails to address the all-important relationship to one's true spiritual nature. Traditional spiritual practice often bypasses -and thus fails to transform - the psychological conditional patterns and unconscious beliefs that arise from our personal histories and adaptations.

It's an almost unbelievable thought, but could you be getting intangible value from having less money than you'd like? Is there something holding you back from attracting all the money you deserve but you can't figure out what it is? Is there some way your deepest beliefs and secret thoughts are sabotaging your best efforts to make money? Try these wake-up calls on for size and see if any of them fit.

Last NAN I explained how to petition the female Saints with special requests. This time around I'll provide some instruction on how to ask to be put in the cosmic care of the Male Saints . These are very ancient pagan rituals, which have been popularized by the Christian Church.

Do you find yourself venting to your friends or allowing your friends to vent to you? Discover how venting is an addiction and doesn't do the venter or the ventee any good in the long run.

You know you're stressed, but what can you do about it? Don't despair, there are many different ways to deal with the effects of stress in your daily life. Methods of stress relief don't have to cost money, though some do, but all are guaranteed to help you get over those little bumps in the road.

Life is ever changing; as we walk along the path we notice, at this time of Now, that the speed seems to be a little faster. Life is becoming more integrated, whole, and multi-dimensional.

Winning with whiners can be quite a battle. They often complain, murmur, and tattle. You cannot be a winner if you're frequently associating with whiners. If you seemingly have no way out due to working or living conditions, here are 10 ways to win with whiners.

YOUR Brain's AMYGDALA operates to sense any real or perceived threat or potential stressors and is activated by the release of neuro-chemicals from your Psycho-Cybernetic mechanism.

This article helps people cultivate intuition while keeping reactionary behaviour in check. As a life coach I rely heavily on my intuition. Particularly in recent years, my sixth sense has improved considerably both in strength and accuracy. The benefit of a well-developed inner guidance can never be quantified...

What are the major symptoms stemming from either Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or Rape Trauma Syndrome that may cause insomnia and what you should do to treat them.

An anxiety attack – sometimes referred to as a panic attack – is a physiological reaction to psychological stress. And yet the physical symptoms felt during an anxiety attack are completely real to those who are experiencing them. During such an episode sufferers report feeling an intense level of fear that is so powerful that it is often incapacitating.

Control issues are a big factor in stress. Once you learn to let go, your stress levels will diminish.

Dr. Silva cautions about the dangers of stress and presents a battle plan to both prevent and fight the effects of stress on our bodies, minds, and emotions.

It's common for people with Anxiety Disorders to have other problems like Depression, Substance Abuse, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Agoraphobia and other mental or physical illnesses. Many times, these other illnesses need to be treated first, before people will respond to any treatment for Anxiety and Panic Attack Symptoms.

How to eliminate automatic emotional reaction to spam at subconscious level.

From the moment we wake to the moment we fall asleep at night, our ears and brains are required to deal with a multitude of low frequency sounds that drain the brain of energy and cause stress. Noise may not be the sole cause of the stress and other health issues we experience, but it is most certainly one source. The good news is that we can reduce, and even reverse, the negative effects that noise has on our brains and bodies through regular exposure to the higher frequency sounds found in nature. When we can't go out into nature regularly, home water fountains and waterfalls are often a preferred source for nature sounds because they offer a multi-sensory stress-relieving experience that sound machines and audio recordings are unable to provide.