A homey and homely Christmas story from the past
December 25, 2024
As I've done on a few Christmases here on the blog, I'm resurrecting a Christmas story that I wrote for the now-defunct Sunday magazine of The Kansas City Star in 1982.
It draws on the characters in a manger scene that was in my family's home when I grew up in Woodstock, Ill. I hope you enjoy it, even if you've read it before, perhaps even when it was first published more than four decades ago.
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AN ACCOUNT OF CHRISTIANITY'S RISE
A friend from my boyhood days in India, Markandey Katju, has written this version of how Christianity emerged from Judaism and spread across the world. I'd be interested in your views about what he got right and what, if anything, he didn't. You can email your answers to me at [email protected].
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P.S.: To his great credit, President Joe Biden has commuted the death sentences of 37 federal prisoners to life in prison without parole. It's not quite the same as doing away with the death penalty, but it's a huge step in the right direction. Capital punishment is a moral stain on whatever government allows it. Thanks, Mr. President. But now let's abolish the death penalty in all cases in the U.S. (and around the world).
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