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How December 25th became Christmas
By
jmcgee
You can find lots of intriguing history in this deciphering of the most famous holy day on the Christian calendar. A snip: Around 200 C.E. Tertullian of Carthage reported the calculation that the 14th of Nisan (the day of the crucifixion according to the Gospel of John) in the year Jesus diedc was equivalent to…
Wisdom from a Christmas letter
By
jmcgee
We send ’em. We get ’em. We love ’em. We hate ’em. Christmas letters. You know: the photocopied laundry list of Great Achievements that are folded inside Christmas cards and usually make most of us feel like abject failures. (“Kent finally passed the bar and Millicent is volunteering in Malaysia and Trip may finally have…
Do you see what I see? The Christmas story in sand
By
jmcgee
Behold: a lovely display of sand art, telling the Christmas story in a thrilling new way.
A pro-choice Blessed Mother?
By
jmcgee
That’s the opinion of the controversial Sr. Donna Quinn — who, you’ll recall, worked for some time as a volunteer escort at an abortion clinic. From the Chicago Tribune: Despite a public reprimand from her religious order last month, Chicago’s pro-choice Roman Catholic nun, Sister Donna Quinn, is not backing down from her support of…
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