Posts Tagged ‘Christmas’
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Burned church is latest in string of Tanzanian attacks
Clashes with Islam in an otherwise ‘peaceful country’, February 25 (World Watch Monitor) —
Arsonists burned a Tanzania church Feb. 19 in the semi-autonomous region of Zanzibar, two days after gunmen killed a Catholic pr...
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Formation Toolbox: Dirty diapers
Christmas is over. But not just for us. For Jesus, Joseph, and especially Mary, who's already changed 17 days worth of diapers. Yes, B aby Jesus wore diapers..
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Sudan bombings kill more Nuba Christians around Christmas
Non-Arab Christians in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains said they feel forgotten after Sudanese air forces killed at least 11 of the faithful in bombings before and after Christmas, according to area sources.
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12 Christians murdered in Christmas bloodshed in Nigeria
Christmas Eve attacks by suspected Islamic extremists in northern Nigeria’s Borno state – already reeling from the slaughter of at least 10 Christians earlier this month – took the lives of six people at a Baptist church, as gu...
Arts & Culture
Album review: Joy To The World- A Christmas Collection by Lincoln Brewster
Lincoln Brewster is a pastor, singer, songwriter and sought-after guitarist. The 41-year-old singer has released seven albums. He’s known to be a “beast” as far as guitar playing is concerned though he is al...
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Album review: Christmas: God With Us by Jeremy Camp
Jeremy Camp is one of those artists whose albums I will buy without previewing it or even hearing a single song on it. He is one of my favorite artists and I have been in his “camp” for years. Even though I apprec...
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On 200th birthday, there’s no ‘bah humbug’ for Charles Dickens
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me.” – Ebenezer Scrooge from “A Christmas Carol.” WILMING...
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Vatican blasts media coverage of pope’s latest book
The Vatican on Thursday (Nov. 29) blasted the press for focusing too narrowly on whether animals were present when Jesus was born, saying media coverage of Pope Benedict XVI's new book on Jesus' childhood missed the book's key ...
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Pope’s final book on Jesus focuses on Christmas birth, hidden childhood
Just in time for Christmas, the Vatican on Tuesday (Nov. 20) unveiled a new book by Pope Benedict XVI focused on Jesus' birth and childhood, the final installment of his trilogy on the life of Jesus.