Idol Chatter featured a holiday entertaining books contest a few weeks ago and selected our five winners: Cecilia Andes of Pennsylvania Robin Henry of Florida Kathleen Bergquist of Minnesota Shirley Little of Georgia Deborah Finan of Florida They shared amazing stories and in the spirit of the holiday season, Idol Chatter wanted to share their…

In a scene straight out of the spirit of “National Treasure” or “The Da Vinci Code,” a curator at the Louvre in Paris has discovered secret drawings on the back of a Da Vinci painting. “The extraordinary find was made by chance, when Louvre staff unhooked Leonardo’s ‘The Virgin and Child with St. Anne’ from…

Tennessee Williams’ only comedy is this neglected gem of a movie about two couples at Christmas. It has never been available on DVD so your only chance to see it is December 23 on Turner Classic Movies. It stars a very young Jane Fonda as a nurse who impulsively marries her favorite patient, a Korean…

Several years ago, a pastor’s son planted a church in a tough-to-reach upper middle class suburb in Southern California. For years–even decades–he shunned the spotlight to focus on his ministry. His church grew. It spun off other churches. He coached and trained the leaders of churches across the country. Years later, one of his books–“The…

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