I tried to reason my failure to help by supposing government agencies, churches and charities were there to feed him. Besides, you’re not supposed to give money to beggars. Somewhere over Seattle, I started to write my weekly garden column for The Anchorage Daily News. Out of the blue,...
NOT:African American slaves would tip-toe through the homes of their owners to secretly attend white churches, which were forbidden. MIGHT: Whites were laughing at the silly African American dances, which were actually parodies of the strict formal dances by high-class whites. What did the 1800...
Flying back to Anchorage,I couldn't help thinking of him.I tried to reason my failure to help by supposing government agencies,churches and charities were there to feed him.Besides,you're not supposed to give money to beggars. Somewhere over Seattle,I started to write my weekly garden ...
Rather than accusing Christians of stealing the holiday, he was offering a theory for why Western churches "moved" Christmas from January to December, only days away from the winter solstice. In fact, the first mention of a date for Christmas was around 200 C.E., and the earliest celebratio...
So I, I really felt this call to be a pastor to my people, you know, because I'd go to these Lutheran churches. No one looked like me. No one talked like me. They were friendly enough if I happened to show up, but I my people and my friends in my scene, they weren't ...
Throughout history there has been multiple movements against the use of alcohol and related products. Seen as the cause to many of societies issues, churches and humanitarian groups have tried to organize laws and rules to moderate or abolish alcohol....
A few months later, Cambridge was in a full-fledged smallpox “panic” with the city ordering the closure of all schools, public libraries and churches to stem the spread of the disease. Police officers accompanied health officials like Spencer, who went door to door vaccinating as many as ...
A word like this signifies "winepresses": and hence the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Ethiopic versions, render it "for the winepresses": which Theodoret interprets of churches, where Christ the true vine is gathered by believers, and they prepare the mystic wine. Some think {a} the psal...
Women invented religion centred around hearth and home. They domesticated fowl and pigs. When the men went out hunting and came back empty handed, the women would say: 'Never mind dear, we can kill one of our nice fat pigs and eat that.' Everything became much better when the men ...
Easter’s date this year isSunday, April 20,based on the Gregorian calendar. However, many Eastern Orthodox churches follow the Julian calendar rather than the Gregorian. In 2025, Eastern Orthodox Easter will also occur on Sunday, April 20 (the Julian calendar date converted to the Gregorian ca...