Although, like Muslim and Jewish people,Sikhs don't celebrate the religious meaning behind Christmas, the festivities are a good time to spend time with family and eat everything you see. What is the Sikh version of Christmas? Divaliis the Hindu (and Sikh) equivalent to Christmas and Hannuka...
There are people who claim to believe in God, but they don’t know God. They heard about God from others, but they don’t personally know Him. When they need a prayer answered, they hope He’ll come through, but they’re unsure. They heard about the miracles, but they don’t know...
On Christmas Eve, the tree is lit for 24 hours and on New Year’s Eve it is lit from 5am to 9pm. The tree goes dark for the season in mid-January. More than 50,000 multi-colored LED lights wrap around the branches. It’s topped with a three-dimensional Swarovski star that weighs...
Christmas music and an all around community gathering. In prior years they offerred free hot dogs for kids 12 and under, while supplies last, but this year no mention of such. This Queens holiday event is organized by the Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden in Astoria. ...
Mary and Joseph weren’t the only people in history to lose Jesus. As we shared in our children’s message on Christmas Eve, in the midst of all of the presents on Christmas Day, we can lose sight of the fact that the greatest present of all is Jesus. In the midst of all of the...
In the 1950s and 60’s, among the many Jewish members of the church, there was a feeling of guilt they survived the millions of Jews who were slaughtered during World War II in the Holocaust. Many fine American Jewish Christian Scientists felt they had to leave the church and return to ...
Visit theWailing Wall in Jerusalem, the holiest place in the world for Jewish people to pray. VisitPetra, Jordan’s sandstone city that borders the Arabian desert. Petra, which was chiseled straight from the sandstone mountains, is one of the world’s most prominent archeological destinations. ...
People aren’t going to feel touched by the Good Fairy’s Introduction to Act Two. They’re not going to be singing it in the car on the way home. They probably won’t even notice the way there are no singular rhymes with plurals, or the choice to rhyme “throne” with “alone” ...
Longwood Gardens encompasses 1,100 acres in Pennsylvania's Brandywine Valley, with something new and beautiful to explore each season. At Christmas – which many people agree is the best time to visit – you can ogle thousands of poinsettias and other pretty flowers while listening to holiday tun...
“[The blind men] call Jesus Son of David — the first time someone addresses him with the royal title that has messianic overtones. ‘Son of David’ also brings to mind David’s heir, King Solomon, who was known in Jewish tradition as a great healer and exorcist.” ...