Tag: Faith

Faith to take that step

On January 1, 2018

In Creative Life, Cultural Diversity, Holidays, Social Justice, USA Patriotism

New Year’s Day: The seventh day of Kwanzaa

We greet this New Year with Kwanzaa’s call for Imani–faith. Faith in ourselves. Faith in a higher purpose. In the eternal, immutable intrinsic worth of each human being, and the ultimate triumph of those who persist in pursing their vision. The Kwanzaa journey is a path of renewal, rededication, and forward-looking toward a better tomorrow. May it be so for all of us!

IMAGES: Many thanks to Jeffrey St. Clair via LinkedIn’s SlideShare, for the nicely designed symbol image and “seven principles” slide, to Develop Good Habits, via Pinterest, for the Martin Luther King, Jr. quote, and to Oprah, Quote of the Day via Pinterest, for the Maya Angelou quote.

Happy Hanukka!

By jansgephardt

On December 12, 2017

In Holidays

I’ve been making an effort to acknowledge the winter holidays of as many traditions as I can on this blog this year (as a practicing Christian, I can get awfully Christmas-centered if I don’t watch it!)–so I am mortified that I brain-glitched on such an important holiday as Hanukka! I hope my Jewish friends and readers will forgive me. I shall try very hard to do better in the future!

Meanwhile, I wish you all the richest blessings of the season: faith, family, and a hope for the future.

May God grant you a sweet new year.

IMAGE: Many thanks to Wikipedia for the beautiful photo of the lighted Menorah, by photographer Dr. Gil Dekel.