Tag: Jesus

  • The Meaning of Christmas Candles

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    Here’s another informative post by Sanchita Chowdhury on the Boldsky blog.  If you’ve ever wondered why we light candles during the Christmas Holiday’s, Chowdhury’s piece explains their significance: Lighting candles on Christmas is an old tradition. The tradition of lighting candles on Christmas comes from the Jewish ‘Feast of Lights’ or Hanukkah. They mark the…

  • Sunday Prayer

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    A Necessary Autumn Inside Each You and I have spoken all these words, but as for the way we have to go, words are no preparation.  There is no getting ready, other than grace.  My faults have stayed hidden.  One might call that a preparation! I have one small drop of knowing in my soul.…

  • Sunday Prayer

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    THIRD HEAVEN Because the spirit, too, knows loneliness disasters happen in the universe and someone like myself, smallest of men, finds grace, a nimbus on the wall at noon. After the hurricane, I drove back home from hiding out safely inside a church. I saw downed oaks squashed across roof on roof or telephone wires;…

  • Mary Magdalene in the Gnostic Gospels

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    Many Christians don’t know that it took 500 years to compile the New Testament.  Early Christianity was fraught with conflicts and controversies.  Many of the gospels written as early as 50 years after the death of Jesus were known to church leaders, but never made it into the new Canon. Until the discovery of the Nag…

  • Fox’s “Zealot” Interview Creates Comedy Gold And Sends the Book to No. 1

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    The completely unselfaware and unnecessarily hostile interview Fox’s Lauren Green conducted with Reza Aslan was pure unintended hilarity. Green repeatedly asked why a Muslim would write about Jesus. To which Aslan replied, “”Because it’s my job as an academic. I am a professor of religion, including the New Testament. That’s what I do for a…

  • Yes, Yes, Yes!

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    Reposted from The Dish (without the additional commentary): Bert Thelen, a Jesuit priest who is almost 80 years old, recently renounced his vows, leaving the order and ordained ministry. In a remarkable letter to colleagues and friends, he explained his decision, citing a desire “to be my best self as a disciple of Jesus, to proclaim boldly…