FROM THE JAM + RUTS DC + LONDON CALLING live at Shepherds Bush Empire. From The Jam are playing a massive UK tour . Those classic songs by The Jam are still much loved. The Ruts have great songs from their punk days. London Calling are a top notch tribute to The Clash. I saw the...
The story of Christmas is about the coming of God to those who least expect it, to those sitting in the shadows, to those who feel left out, to the shepherds you kept rearranging, with their sheep, in that old moss-covered nativity set.In this place, among this people, on this night...
To Marilyn’s credit, she has never made any personal claims about her origins, but there is, I believe, gospel truth in our childhood memories. Each and every one of us is called to play our part in the Nativity story, but not merely as witnesses like the shepherds or pilgrims like t...
I know exactly where she is coming from,except . . . I don’t thinkwhereis the heart of the issue. I say that, full disclosure, as someone who many years ago raised a few litters of Border Collie puppies first in the house (one to 21 days) and then the barn (22 days until ...
I had gotten used to large German breakfasts of meat and cheese slices, fruit, yogurt, several different types of bread, eggs, juices, and cereals which provided enough fuel so that I only ate twice a day; in fact my second meal of the day was usually a snack. However, the brekkie ...
sbirthinDecembercomefromthelate4 th century,afterChristianityhad becomethestatereligionoftheRomanEmpire.Itseemsprettyobvioustomethat thoseearlyChristianshadtheattitude,“Ifyoucan’tbeatthem,jointhem!”The Romanscelebratedthewintersolsticebyhavingafeast,lightingbonfiresand 2 exchanginggifts.TheancientGermancelebrated...