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The Christian faith is based on the life, violent death and ressurection of Jesus Christ, who is said to be born in Bethlehem near Jerusalem as son of Maria and God, and who died a violent death on mount Golgotha in the year 33, after a trial by the Roman occupiers of that region, who sentenced him to death for blasfemy. Sanhedrin The Sanhedrin, a legal body composed of the chief...

Happy Easter from our family to yours! We dyed Easter eggs and we'll have an Easter egg for our 3 year old on Easter morning. The Heavenly Ham is already in the fridge and we're still trying to decide on sides. What are your holiday traditions? Wherever you are, I wish you a happy, hoppy day!

I know you’ve already seen and heard commercials for Christmas, and it’s not even Thanksgiving! Please explain this to me. Please tell me that we are not so crass as to spew out ‘White Christmas’ over the grocery store sound system before December 1. I’m all about holidays, but after awhile it makes me mad...like all the political commercials and stories over the last TWO friggin...

It starts with small things when we’re young...”Mother, may I eat my Easter egg before you hide it in the yard for Easter? I don’t like dirty eggs.” Here’s the difference in answers between, say, a Mrs. Cleaver Mother and our Ancient One. Mrs. Cleaver: “My precious darling, I don’t hide eggs in the garden for Easter. Why, the wonderful...

API - Hawaii - April 1, 2009 The office of the presidency of the United States was thrown into complete turmoil this morning when it was announced by Hawaiian state officials that Barack Hussein Obama was not born on native soil. After extensive testing and research, the birth certificate with his name, place and date of birth was indisputably proved to be a counterfeit. President Obama, who is...

If you lived as a teenager in the late 1940s or during the 1950s, this musing will probably be a walk down memory lane. If you are young, this might help explain why those of us who were teenagers then have strong feelings about what life was like then versus what life is like now for those younger. One way to compare is to recall a few songs that we heard either on the radio (AM) or heard...

The weather was perfect on Easter morning 2010. While the sun was shining and the birds were chirping I looked out into the garden and noticed that the Easter Bunny had left eggs and balloons scattered under the bushes and flowers. That silly bunny didn’t realize that the only neighborhood kids lived next door. Thankfully, Mia and Bryce came over and picked up all those eggs filled with candy...