የክርስቶስ መዐዛ The Aroma of Christ

My Flower    ' የኔ አበባ '   By Solomon Belete Haile I heard the birds singing, Robin, chickadee, and starling, In the fresh air of spring, It was my flower's time too, To flourish and blossom, Under the blue, bright sky's bosom, Beneath a cheerful moon, A canopy of bright stars, Swelling surf and new grass. Alas, my flower, She'd been through rough weather, The wind, the chill, the stormy winter, Leave her alone, come on gardener, It is spring, let her prosper. The gardener planted a flower, Atop Ethiopia's highland 'Wollo meder', Adorned her with beauty and glamour, Nurtured her with aroma and savor. She was gentle, yet strong, Swayed in the wind but never broke, Blossomed for a spell but not for long. Her tall stemmed stature, Flamingo akin splendor, Transplanted up yonder, By the swift action of the gardener. Oh, benevolent, caring gardener, What have you done with my flower? If...

By Solomon Belete A Response To Greg Koulkl’s Christmas Promoting Article I read an article by Greg Koukl promoting Christmas, posted on brother Tesfaye Robele's Facebook page. Tesfaye Robele's prologue to the paper and Greg Koukl's apologetics for this Catholic tradition prompted my reaction to write a response. Therefore, you'll find Robele's prologue, Koukl's article, and my answer in that order. Tesfaye Robele's prologue to the article reads:  "Jehovah's witnesses do claim that celebrating Christmas (and everything associated with it) is a pagan origin! It is a logical fallacy to judge the truth or falsehood of a proposition on the basis of its source of what motivates someone to believe it (its genesis). In other words, the legitimacy (reliability) of sources or motives does not make a proposition true or false. Thus it is a fallacy to assume or conclude that religious beliefs or practices are false just because they are acquired by psycholo...