by Pam Durso | Dec 20, 2002 | Opinion
The fascination—even obsession—with the celebration of Christmas has not always been part of the American landscape. In fact, the earliest Americans opposed and even made laws against the observance of Christmas. Many of the Puritan settlers in New England were...
by Barry Howard | Dec 20, 2002 | Opinion
God sent his Christmas gift special delivery as a babe in a manger. The Son of God was not a celebrity messiah, but the Savior who lived to reveal the ways of God to people just like you and me. Although the young couple held residence in Nazareth in Galilee, every...
by Marv Knox | Dec 20, 2002 | Opinion
What do you want for Christmas this year? If you read the papers and listen to the news, you might think you’ve got a patriotic duty to want a plasma-screen TV and a luxury car. A house and a truckload of industrial stock would be better. Business analysts are...
by Doug Weaver | Dec 19, 2002 | Opinion
St. Nick is not the problem; the problem is how we use him. Like most children, every Christmas Eve we would put out cookies and a Coke for Santa to have a snack when he visited our house. On Christmas morning, I would take a sip of Coke, then lukewarm after sitting...
by Mike Parnell | Dec 19, 2002 | Opinion
“Solaris” uses science fiction to explore the problems we have in relationships and our lack of understanding those we relate to. He goes on to say that the forgiveness we give when we are wronged allows us to be “spared the dismal corrosion of...
by Marv Knox | Dec 19, 2002 | Opinion
Our neighborhood is sparkly again. Folks have decorated their homes for Christmas. Joanna, Lindsay, Molly and I never have lived where so many neighbors hang lights on just about everything within extension cord reach of an electrical socket. Five families in our...
