The Jeweled PageOutlawing the celebration of Christmas sounds a little extreme, but it happened. The ban existed as law for only 22 years, but disapproval of Christmas celebration took many more years to change. In fact, it wasn’t until the mid-1800s that celebrating Christmas became fashionable in the Boston region. The Puritans who immigrated to Massachusetts to [...]
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This insighful article, by Ross Douthat, appeared in the New York Times. I found it particularly perceptive and recommend it for your enrichment as we approach the Christmas holiday. Christmas is hard for everyone. But it’s particularly hard for people who actually believe in it. In a sense, of course, there’s no better time to be a [...]
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Today was the 69th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It was a date that President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared would “live in infamy”. Indeed, the events of that day initiated a change of direction for the world on a planetary scale. There is sharply dwindling number of people who were present at [...]
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I recently read an historical novel about a stone mason/church builder during the latter part of the 11th Century and into the 12th. The English King, Henry II was an intelligent, interesting and able ruler. He is known for an ongoing argument with a close friend, Thomas Becket. Becket’s father was a Crusader and his [...]
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In this season of “thanksgiving” and at all times, it is worthwhile to remember that joy and happiness in life is the byproduct of thankfulness and praise. In the activity of thanks and praise we are brought face to face with the fact that all of our accomplishments, all that we are and all that [...]
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I’m sure that this is not the first year that Black Friday has been as widely promoted as it seems to be. This is, however, the first year that I have been particularly annoyed by the profusion of “Black Friday” references that began more than a week ago and which litter my computer screen whenever [...]
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