We went to a Christmas tree farm way out in the country this weekend, hiked up the side of a mountain, trudged through snow drifts, got wet socks, argued about which tree was best, and finally came to a resolution and started cutting. Through the snowy roads with sleet falling the tree rode atop our…

Turns out, our family already has plenty.  We don’t need much more for the holidays.  So why spend a lot of money and buy more “stuff?”  I think we should spend less money, use what we have, be less “materially oriented,” and make the holidays about what they’re really about – praising God for our…

At the heart of Willis Barnstone’s monumental “Restored New Testament: a New Translation with Commentary, including the Gnostic Gospels Thomas, Mary, and Judas” is purity, poetry and the human condition. One of the most prolific and erudite scholars, translators, and poets (in one) the world has known, Barnstone makes a valiant effort to give the…

Beliefnet has a cool program every year, the “Most Inspiring Person” award.  PLease take a look at the nominees below, and vote at  http://www.beliefnet.com/mostinspiringperson Meet  the Nominees for Beliefnet’s Most Inspiring Person of the Year for 2009: ·        Captain “Sully” Sullenberger? “Hero of the Hudson” Saved Everyone on Board His Plane Minutes after takeoff, both…

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