HOROSCOPE
JACQUELINE BIGAR
      FORECAST FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2008 ARIES (March 21-April 19) Forget any lazy-day thoughts, as others knock on your door, call or connect with you in any way possible. Enjoy your popularity. An older friend or relative lets you know how much he or she appreciates you. Tonight: A must appearance. This Week: Others will dominate.
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"Jesus is the light of the world
MINISTER'S MOMENT
CHARLOTTE AUSTIN
      Just when the world most needed God's light, a babe was born in Bethlehem of Judea. Jesus is the light that shined in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it. The light of Christ never stops shining. Wars, pestilence, famine, good times and bad, that light continues to shine. Our grandparents saw it in the darkest hours of the depression.
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Use it or lose it
YOUR HEALTH
DR. DONOHUE
      DEAR DR. DONOHUE: How much time can I take off from exercising without losing everything? I'm getting stale, and I think a break would do me some good. I have been exercising every day for years. I wouldn't mind becoming a couch potato for a few months. -- B.P.
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Woman longs to realize her dream of family sisterhood
DEAR ABBY
JEANNE PHILLIPS
      DEAR ABBY: I am happily married, but all my life I have yearned for a close and sisterly relationship with my mother and my sisters. We are very different people, but a kind and understanding female relative is what I have always wished for.
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