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African Languages Swahili Zulu Chewa Krismasi Njema / Heri ya krismas UKhisimusi omuhle Moni Wa Chikondwelero Cha Kristmasi Afganistan (Dari) Christmas Mubarak (کرسمس مبارک) Albanian Gëzuar Krishtlindjen Arabic Eid Milad Majid (عيد ميلاد مجيد) Which means 'Glorious Birth Feast' Armenian Shnorhavor Amanor yev Surb Tznund (Շնորհավոր Ամանոր և Սուրբ Ծնունդ) Which means 'Congratulations for the Holy Birth' Belgium Dutch/Flemish French German Walloon Vrolijk Kerstfeest Joyeux Noël Froeliche Weihnachten djoyeus Noyé Bulgarian Vesela Koleda Chinese - Mandarin Cantonese Sheng Dan Kuai Le (圣诞快乐) Seng Dan Fai Lok (聖誕快樂) Croatian (and Bosnian) Sretan Božić Czech Vesele Vanoce Danish Glædelig Jul The Democratic Republic of Congo - Lingala Mbotama Malamu Esperanto Feliĉan Kristnaskon Estonian Rõõmsaid Jõulupühi Finnish Hyvää joulua French Breton Corsican Joyeux Noël Nedeleg Laouen Bon Natale German Froeliche Weihnachten Ghana - Dagbani Akan Ni ti Burunya Chou Afishapa Greek Kala Christouyenna or Καλά Χριστούγεννα Georgian gilocav shoba-akhal c’els or გილოცავ შობა-ახალ წელს Greenlandic Danish (also used in Greenland) Juullimi Pilluarit Glædelig Jul Hawaiian Mele Kalikimaka Holland (Dutch) Zalig Kerstfeest or Zalig Kerstmis (both mean Merry Christmas), Vrolijk Kerstfeest (Cheerful Christmas) or Prettig Kerstfeest (Nice Christmas) Hungarian Kellemes karácsonyi ünnepeket Icelandic Gleðileg jól India - Hindi Urdu Sanskrit Gujarati Bengali Tamil Konkani Kannada Mizo Marathi Punjabi Malayalam Telugu Śubh krisamas (शुभ क्रिसमस) krismas mubarak (کرسمس) Krismasasya shubhkaamnaa Anandi Natal or Khushi Natal (આનંદી નાતાલ) shubho bôṛodin (শুভ বড়দিন) kiṟistumas vāḻttukkaḷ (கிறிஸ்துமஸ் வாழ்த்துக்கள்) Khushal Borit Natala kris mas habbada shubhaashayagalu (ಕ್ರಿಸ್ ಮಸ್ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಶುಭಾಷಯಗಳು) Krismas Chibai Śubh Nātāḷ (शुभ नाताळ) karisama te nawāṃ sāla khušayāṃwālā hewe (ਕਰਿਸਮ ਤੇ ਨਵਾੰ ਸਾਲ ਖੁਸ਼ਿਯਾੰਵਾਲਾ ਹੋਵੇ) Christmas inte mangalaashamsakal Christmas Subhakankshalu Indonesian Selamat Natal Iran (Farsi) Kurdish (Kumanji) Christmas MobArak Kirîsmes u ser sala we pîroz be Irish - Gaelic Nollaig Shona Dhuit Israel - Hebrew Chag Molad Sameach (חג מולד שמח) meaning Happy festival of the Birth Italian Sicilian Ladin Buon Natale Bon Natali Bon/Bun Nadèl Japanese Meri Kurisumasu (or 'Meri Kuri' for short!) Hiragana: めりーくりすます Katakana: メリークリスマス Korean 'Meri krismas' (메리 크리스마스) or 'Jeulgaeun krismas doeseyo' (즐거운 크리스마스 되세요) Latvian Priecïgus Ziemassvºtkus Lithuanian Linksmų Kalėdų Macedonian Streken Bozhik or Среќен Божик Madagascar (Malagasy) Tratra ny Noely Maltese Il-Milied it-Tajjeb Malaysia - Bahasa/Malay Malayalam Selamat Hari Natal Puthuvalsara Aashamsakal Manx (spoken on the Isle of Man) Nollick Ghennal Native American/ First Nation Languages Apache (Western) Navajo Inuit Yupik Gozhqq Keshmish Nizhonigo Keshmish Quvianagli Anaiyyuniqpaliqsi Alussistuakeggtaarmek This page has a large list of Merry Christmas Native/First Nation Languages Nepali Kreesmasko shubhkaamnaa (क्रस्मसको शुभकामना) New Zealand (Maori) Meri Kirihimete Nigeria - Hausa Yoruba Fulani Igbo (Ibo) Edo Ibibio barka dà Kirsìmatì E ku odun, e ku iye'dun Jabbama be salla Kirismati E keresimesi Oma Iselogbe Idara ukapade isua Norwegian God Jul or Gledelig Jul Philippines - Tagalog Ilokano Ilonggo Sugbuhanon or Cebuano Bicolano Pangalatok or Pangasinense Maligayang Pasko Naragsak Nga Paskua Malipayon nga Pascua Maayong Pasko Maugmang Pasko Maabig ya pasko or Magayagan inkianac Papiamentu - spoken in the Lesser Antilles (Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire) Bon Pascu Polish 'Wesołych Świąt' (Merry Christmas) 'Bożego Narodzenia' (Christ is Born) Portuguese Feliz Natal or Boas Festas Romanian Crặciun Fericit Russian s rah-zh-dee-st-VOHM (C рождеством!) or s-schah-st-lee-vah-vah rah-zh dee-st-vah (Счастливого рождества!) Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) Noheli nziza Samoan Manuia Le Kerisimasi Scotland - Scots Gaelic Blithe Yule Nollaig Chridheil Serbian Hristos se rodi (Христос се роди) - Christ is born Vaistinu se rodi (Ваистину се роди) - truly born (reply) Slovakian Vesele Vianoce Slovene or Slovenian Vesel Božič Somali Kirismas Wacan South Africa (Afrikaans) Zulu Geseënde Kersfees UKhisimusi omuhle Spanish (Español) Catalan Galician Basque (Euskara) Feliz Navidad or Nochebuena (which means 'Holy Night' - Christmas Eve) Bon Nadal Bo Nadal Eguberri on (which means 'Happy New Day') Sranantongo (spoken in Suriname) Swit' Kresneti Swedish God Jul Swiss Schöni Wiehnachte Thai Suk sarn warn Christmas Turkish Mutlu Noeller Uganda (Lugandan) Seku Kulu Ukranian 'Веселого Різдва' Veseloho Rizdva (Merry Christmas) or 'Христос Рождається' Khrystos Rozhdayetsia (Christ is Born) Vietnamese Chuć Mưǹg Giańg Sinh Welsh Nadolig Llawen Zimbabwe - Shona Ndebele Muve neKisimusi Izilokotho Ezihle Zamaholdeni Sci-fi & Fantasy Languages! Klingon (Star Trek) Quenya (Lord of the Rings) Sindarin (Lord of the Rings) toDwI'ma' qoS yItIvqu' (Our Savior's birthday you-enjoy!) Alassë a Hristomerendë (Joyous Feast of Christ) Mereth Veren e-Doled Eruion (Joyous Feast of the Coming of the Son of God)

My daughter is now a mommy. She was in the delivery room as Samantha was being born, and was allowed to cut the umbilical cord. In the photo it looks as if my daughter had been crying, and she had, big tears of happiness. She and her husband were unable to conceive for many years, but made a connection in WA with an expectant mother who already had 3 children and definitely didn't want a 4th. My daughter had to suffer through a number of fertility treatments, none of which were successful. Samantha is officially adopted by my daughter and her husband, and was delivered by C-section a day or so ago. My daughter thought that she was perfect, even though Samantha howled during her first bath. She quieted down after she was wrapped up warmly and held by her new parents. The hospital gave the them a room to stay in until the baby is allowed to go home with them, just a day or two after birth. I think she has 1 month of maternity leave from the SDA conference where she works. Samantha.doc

Here's what the Servant of the Lord had to say about the Babylonian king's bewildered remark on seeing Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego alive and unhurt in the furnace: Question is, Did he?

I need language lessons!!

Well then. Why don't you go to church on Sunday with all the majority of folks, and forget that whole Sabbath thing, 'cause very few folks do "that" anyway. Lighten up - as you say. Most folks know that Dec 25th is the "rebirth" of the sun, and celebrating the birth of our LORD on that day, is baptized sun-worship. I still say "Thanks, You too." when someone says, "Merry Christmas" to me. I don't "witness" to them about the pagan idolatry of Christmas. But we don't buy a Christmas Tree either. I think Jeremiah wrote something about worshiping evergreen trees, and baking cakes for "the Queen of Heaven". Besides, It's JESUS who should receive the "gifts" at Christmas, NOT everyone ELSE.

I have thought about this along with a related subject (Has God promised more than He could deliver?} over the years. Here are some thoughts: 1) The human condition and all the promises of God are book-ended or framed by two Biblical truths, (a) God's original creation was very good, Gen 1. As a result of sin, that paradise was lost. The ground was cursed, pain and death became the human experience, Gen 3. (b) Someday, that paradise will be restored where there will be no more pain, crying, or death. No matter how healthily you will still die. And how we die is not specified. It could by accident, old age, or a slow painful cancer death. 2) Another piece of that frame is the law of cause and effect. Defy the law of gravity by jumping off a tall building and the result is pretty certain, 100 prayers not withstanding. Eat foods that interfere with circulation and the result could a stroke, or a heart attack or something else. In my line of work, my observation is that many if not most human ailments/suffering are self-inflicted. 3) Innocent bystander/collateral damage. Being in the wrong place at the wrong time. 4) Refining aspect of hardships/trials/suffering. Not popular concept, but the Bible presents this nonetheless. 5) We are caught between two warring supernatural forces. If you choose God's side, Jesus guaranteed that you will have tribulation. 6) Hebrews 11:39-40 guarantees that all the promises of God cannot/will not be realized in this life. 7) Nothing can happen to the believer without God's permission, so in the meantime I just have to trust my God.

The retired pastor still has a membership at the Boulder church, and giving us what is happening now. Its got the same elements as the celebration church I was at, of that I can tell you. Are they exactly the same, no, but when you morph or change your form you don't stay the same but the end purpose is still the same.

We can only hope. As a Republican, I'm embarrassed by Trump's words and behavior. There's no way on God's green earth that I'd ever vote for him.

I wonder what type of telescope was needed to get this view!

Congrats to the new parents and grandparents!!! Samantha looks lovely! (and AS, I hope you don't mind, but I made a screenshot from your .doc so those who couldn't open it could see the photo... )

Here is hoping your cousin died in Christ. We have some beautiful promises to bouy us up. 55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?....1 Corinthians 15 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.....1 Thessalonians 4 God is Love!~Jesus saves!

Mr. Trump could very well be the spoiler, like Ross Perot was in his third party run, handing over the Presidency to the Democrats.

The above post focus is on 'sin' rather than the focus of the article, which is looking at how people perceive their belief systems and the world around them. Some view 'conservative' as all about the 'sin' in others, and 'liberal' as seeing the value in others. Christ life was about both but mostly about about the value in others and presenting a better hope and life. Pointing out the 'sin' around Him was not a primary focus. The Jewish religious leaders were rather adept at that. We have plenty of 'sin' pointers, what we need is more pointers of 'hope'. Probably makes me a 'liberal' in some circles...but thats okay with me!!