by Juan Cole | Dec 26, 2005 | Opinion
Because of the poor security, Iraqi Christians had to celebrate midnight mass at sundown instead. Many Christians have fled Iraq for Syria and elsewhere, while others are afraid to go to the churches, which have been targeted in the past by bombers. Ironically, the...
by John E. Roberts | Dec 24, 2005 | Opinion
While listening to Handel’s Messiah, consider how the great composer joined forces with William Hogarth, the artist, and Thomas Coram, a retired sea captain, for the sake of children in desperate need. Captain Coram wrote of the abandoned children left to die in...
by Britt Towery | Dec 24, 2005 | Opinion
On almost a daily basis I get inspiring and sometimes humorous e-mails from my old San Antonio buddy, Don Smith. Somewhere Don has come up with the history of a song that that I never understood as being a Christmas carol. His research says “The Twelve Days of...
by James L. Evans | Dec 23, 2005 | Opinion
The scene takes place in heaven just at the conclusion of a surprise birthday celebration for Jesus. Several heavenly luminaries have just treated Jesus to cake and ice cream. As the party breaks up, Jesus and Gabriel are speaking to each other. Gabriel: Well, that...
by Michael Ruffin | Dec 23, 2005 | Opinion
I love Christmas–a lot. I always have. And so I get concerned about the integrity of the holiday. When I was a child, I remember some people getting upset because some of the stores were putting the message “Merry Xmas” on their windows. People said...
by Brett Younger | Dec 22, 2005 | Opinion
For centuries, Christians have celebrated the birth of Jesus by coming to church to sing, pray, remember, give thanks and recommit our lives to Christ. What were we thinking? The front-page news is that many of the biggest churches in the United States have decided...
