Every Who Down in Who-Ville

Every Who Down in Who-Ville

“Whatever the reason, his heart or his shoes, He stood there on Christmas Eve, hating the Whos”   Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a Christmas classic. The 1957 children’s book and its several screen adaptations have delighted kids and adults for...
The Case for Happy Holidays

The Case for Happy Holidays

It’s that time again! It’s December, and the social media posts have started to reappear. You’ve seen them: the memes and chain Facebook status posts asking you to “copy and paste this to your timeline if you believe it’s Merry Christmas and not...
A Day of Rest

A Day of Rest

Sundays weren’t the most fun days for my mom. Growing up in the 1950s and 60s, she recalls sets of strictly enforced approved and unapproved Sunday activities. She and her siblings could read Sunday school papers and the Bible but not other books, they could go for a...
Remembering to Give Thanks

Remembering to Give Thanks

Today is the day before Thanksgiving. Do you celebrate by gathering with family? Making a tableful of delicious food? Watching a sports game? There are many fun traditions different families take part in on Thanksgiving. As well as being a fun day to hang out with...
The Biblical Canon

The Biblical Canon

Canon is a term for the collection of books/writings that are accepted as authoritative. Considering that the 66 books of our biblical canon are viewed as the literal words of God—as no other writings in the world are—asking how our biblical canon was decided is a...