Even though we are still basking in the glory of the Festival of the Resurrection, today my mind turns toward Christmas. That’s because today is the commemoration of the Annunciation, the scene in Luke’s Gospel where the angel tells Mary that she will bear a son who will be called the Son of God. [...]
Tagged abortion, Annunciation, christmas, Frederica Matthewes-Green, March 25, Virgin MaryEvery year, Christians post billboards and bumper stickers that say, “Keep Christ in Christmas.” That’s a commendable thought. I just posted over at my personal blog an item on A Tale of Two Christmases. My thesis is that there really are two distinct holidays that occur in America on and around December [...]
Tagged Christ, christmas, church, Divine Service, massDuring college, I attended a church abounding in people who thought this Christmas hymn was too hard to sing. It was too long, too difficult to follow the music, and too antiquated. They kept this mantra up for quite some time, convinced their complaints were really quite well-founded until, unfortunately for them, the pastor’s [...]
Tagged CTS, hymn, KantoreiHow do atheists celebrate Christmas? The ever articulate, never boring, Dinesh D’Souza asks this question here.
My other question is WHY do atheists celebrate Christmas?
The new atheists like Sam Harris, Philip Pullman and Christopher Hitchens like to claim that religion, and Christianity in particular, is responsible for the bulk of the world’s woes. If [...]
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