Strange Crossings

Have you ever seen a sign that made you re-think your faith? Have you ever seen a sign when you were going through tough times and then you suddenly felt a sense of calming? Have you ever just seen a sign and you thought it was strange and you cherished what you saw?
December as we know it is the time for Christmas and it was just a weird sign that a baby calf was born this month with a white cross looking figure on his head. A Connecticut dairy farmer, Brad Davis, said that he could not see anything at first because when the calf’s mother, Fuzzy, was licking his head, his fur was all sideways. Davis said that he saw the cross when they went out later on in the morning.
Davis said “The first night that he was here, when we shut the lights out that night late at night, the only thing you could see in here was that cross showing in the dark. It was really quite a feeling. It made the hair stand up on the back of my neck, actually.” Davis’ father, who is 70 years old, has never even seen a marking like this before and he works with thousands of calves and cows.
Children from the neighborhood have come to look at the calf, and the family decided to use the biblical name, Moses to name the calf. The family pulled the name from the Old Testament. The calf is living in Sterling, Connecticut. Sterling is a small town close to the Rhode Island border on a farm called Buttercup Farm. Moses’ parents, Fuzzy and Ferdinand, have had the reputation of being very friendly animals.
Ric Grummer, who is chairman of the department of dairy science said that Holstein cows usually have markings on their forehead but it is usually in the form of a triangle. He says that this marking is just a coincidence. Apparently the cross on the forehead of Moses is unique, but not totally surprising.
Davis and the woman he runs the farm with, Megan Johnson, said that they will make sure that Moses lives a long and happy life. They want to make sure that Moses never gets eaten.

Aside from a baby calf having the marking of a cross on his forehead, the same article contained a couple who had a hen that laid an egg with a cross on it. The egg was not smooth like usual eggs and then it had an indentation of a cross on it.
The article also mentioned a lady who has just recently went through a divorce. She had happened to be ironing one day and when she lifted up the iron, she saw an image of Jesus on the bottom of it. She then knew that everything was going to be okay and she knew that life would be good for her. Here is a little video of the lady talking about the iron. 
I find it a little neat that stuff like this happens. Something like this happened to my aunt once when she snapped a picture of some nice looking clouds. When she got her pictures developed, there was an image of the Virgin Mary in the clouds.

What you think if something like this happened to you?

"Oh Christmas Tree!"

It is that time of season again especially now that it is December; we get to decorate for Christmas!  Of course one of the more essential or more important items for Christmas is the Christmas Tree.  It is the place that protects all of our presents or even contains special memories such as valued ornaments.  Some Christmas Trees, however, have a very unique story or tradition that they carry with them. 

The National Christmas Tree is one of those trees that is part of history every year.  President Calvin Coolidge started the tradition back in 1923.  The tree was a 48-foot fir and contained 2,500 red, white, and green Christmas lights.  A local choir and quartet perfeormed while this was going on.  The tradition has been taking place ever since. 

Not only does the President light The National Christmas Tree every year, but there are activities that go along with the event!  There is a program called The National Christmas Tree Program which is numerous activities that include the ceremony, musical events, and train rides that go around the base of the tree. 

President Obama and his family lit the Christmas Tree today, Obama's first time lighting the tree.  The President joked "I'm technologically challenged and I might not get this right. Everybody has got to help me out here."  Michelle, Malia, and Sasha led a countdown and the family lit the tree.  When the tree was lit, Obama shouted "It worked!"  Performers that were at the event included Sheryl Crow, Common, and Jordin Sparks.  Before Obama lit the tree, he told the story of the tradition and that it is something that we can celebrate as a country. 

The tree contains 6,000 watts compared to last year which had 18,000 watts.  The tree topper and many of the ornaments were recycled as one would call them or used from previous years.  800 of the ornaments were used from previous administrations.  Michelle Obama said "We sent them to 60 local community groups throughout the country, and asked them to decorate them to pay tribute to a favorite local landmark and then send them back to us for display here at the White House." 

"This American Holiday tradtion continues to bring citizens together to share in a message of hope and peace."