Have a Brave and Courageous Christmas

Did you know that "Merry" did not originally mean happy?

We often look to Robin Hood and his Merry Men as being a bunch of happy guys in tights dancing around in the forest.  Strange thought using todays idea of men hanging out like this.

But the word Merry meant strong and courageous, often with a purpose and mission.  We could say our soldiers right after 9-11 were Merry Men and Women.  When they saw the Twin Towers collapse, like the soldiers and the supporting citizens during WWII, they volunteered by the hundreds of thousands. 

Christians are to volunteer by the hundreds of thousands if not millions to be Merry during this time and stand up for what Christmas is really all about.

Be Merry this Christmas

Boyd Merriman

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Paceshalomsalaamnamast'e

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The popular Celtic Rock Band, Coyote Run, sings this beautiful song:

Wise Men
Music and lyrics by David Doersch

The four words from the four Middle East languages for Peace are:
Pace, Shalom, Salaam, Namast'e

Put them together and you have one word that is chanted in the background of this song: paceshalomsalaamnamast'e

(open link in different window or tab so you can follow the words here while you listen)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Riaf5ehQ-aw

Paceshalomsalaamnamast'e

Wise men from the East, They followed a distant Star.
Answered the call of peace, They traveled from afar...

All People They Want Peace
Paceshalomsalaamnamast'e

In Belfast women march, To call for an end to war,
they pray for peace to start, And bombs to blast no more.

All People They Want Peace
Paceshalomsalaamnamast'e

From Iraq to Kosovo, Sudan to East Timor
The world is full of woe, The people shout "no more!"

All People They Want Peace
Paceshalomsalaamnamast'e

The parents cry and mourn, For children lost to hate
But must revenge be borne? Is it really now too late?

All People They Want Peace
Paceshalomsalaamnamast'e

A baby in the hay, He brings a promise of love
Forgotten to this day, Will we follow the hawk or the dove?

All People They Want Peace
Paceshalomsalaamnamast'e

Peace on Earth, goodwill to all
Peace on Earth, goodwill to all
Peace on Earth, goodwill to all.

All People They Want Peace

Boyd Merriman

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