HOW TO SAY “MERRY CHRISTMAS” IN OVER 70 LANGUAGES! Afrikander – Een Plesierige Kerfees Arabic – I’d miilad said oua sana saida Argentine – Felices Pasquas Y felices ano Nuevo Armenian – Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand Azeri – Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun Basque – Zorionstsu Eguberri. Zoriontsu Urte…
12/22/12 Weekend Grif.Net – Roses in the Snow
Bobby was getting cold sitting out in his back yard in the snow. Bobby didn’t wear boots; he didn’t like them and anyway he didn’t own any. The thin sneakers he wore had a few holes in them and they did a poor job of keeping out the cold. Bobby…
12/21/12 Grif.Net – White Envelope
[4th offering of the “best grif.net” of sixteen Christmases] It’s just a small, white envelope stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree. No name, no identification, no inscription. It has peeked through the branches of our tree for the past 10 years or so. It all began because my…
12/20/12 Grif.Net – Slippers
[This is a true story and has been turned into a short film and a country western song] It was only a few days before Christmas. The spirit of the season hadn’t yet caught up with me, even though cars packed the parking lot of our local discount store. Inside…
12/19/12 Grif.Net – Pageant
Each December, I vow to make Christmas a calm and peaceful experience. I had cut back on nonessential obligations – extensive card writing, endless baking, decorating, and even overspending. Yet still, I found myself exhausted, unable to appreciate the precious family moments, and of course, the true meaning of Christmas.…
12/18/12 Grif.Net – Carpe Diem
[For the next few days we will feature some of the BEST ‘serious’ and heart-touching Grif.Net messages from the Christmas Seasons of the past 16 years. May God bless YOU this Christmas week as you focus on what is important in this life and eternity!] My heart has been sick…
12/17/12 Grif.Net – Signs it is time to Move to another Pastorate
[As a veteran pastor/college professor of 43 years I am often asked by young men how to know when a ministry is “over” and you should seek a move to another church. Here are some warning signs.] “You know it’s over when . . . . . you return from…
12/15/12 Weekend Grif.Net – 10 Commandments (Christmas version)
[revised from a 100-year old list in a church bulletin] I. Thou shalt not leave “Christ” out of Christmas, making it “Xmas.” (“X” = Greek letter ‘chi’ standing for ‘Christ’, but to most “X” is unknown). II. Thou shalt prepare your soul for Christmas. Spend not so much on gifts…
12/14/12 Grif.Net – Different Hats
[Jacob forwarded this Hanukkah story]. A Rabbi was walking, slowly, out of a shul in New York, when a gust of wind blew his hat off and down the street. He was an old man, who walked with the aid of a cane, and who wasn’t able to fetch his…
12/13/12 Grif.Net Blog – Next to Last Words to Live by Which
Auntie Em: Hate you, hate Kansas, taking the dog. Dorothy The older I get, the better I was. If a man is out in a field all alone and there is no woman to hear him, is he still wrong? It IS as bad as you think, and they ARE…
12/12/12 Grif.Net – Final Exam: World Population
Semester almost over? NO WAY!! Time for a Pop-Quiz. Twelve nations have over 100 million population. I figured I could guess them all. NOT! I only got 9 (and as many know, I think I’m kinda smart). So here is your challenge. I would like to see if YOU can…
12/11/12 Grif.Net Blog – Irish Prayer
“May those who love us, love us. And those who don’t love us, may God turn their hearts. If He can’t turn their hearts, may He turn their ankles, so we’ll know them by their limping.” ~~ Dr Bob Griffin [email protected] www.grif.net “Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!”
12/10/12 Grif.Net – Battle Hymn of Semester Finals
(Sung to The Battle Hymn Of The Republic) Mine eyes have seen the horror Of the ending of the term It has poisoned all my spirits Like an apple with a worm It’s infected all my freedom Like an ugly deadly germ The truth shall soon be known. Chorus: Failure,…