Category Archives: History

The Christmas Truce of 1914

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Victoria Emily Jones

This December marks the centennial of the famous ceasefire along the Western Front during World War I. On Christmas Eve, 1914, along the four-hundred-mile frontline, enemy soldiers spontaneously emerged from their trenches, arms laid aside, to celebrate Christ’s birth together. … Continue reading →

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What We Know about Easter

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Victoria Emily Jones

By David Kwabi and Tout Wang This is a guest post written by David Kwabi, a PhD candidate in mechanical engineering at MIT, and Tout Wang, a PhD candidate in physics at Harvard University. Both men are interested in exploring … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James H. Cone

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Victoria Emily Jones

As a schoolgirl, I was taught plenty about slavery and segregation in the US; I was taught that both were gross injustices, shameful times in our nation’s past. There was so much emphasis on the civil rights movement in our … Continue reading →

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The Real Saint Nick

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Victoria Emily Jones

Santa Claus: fact, or fiction? The answer is, a little bit of both. The Santa Claus of American lore is based on the real-life Nicholas of Myra, a Greek Christian living in Asia Minor during the third and fourth centuries. … Continue reading →

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Roundup: Coventry Cathedral, the falsifiability of Christianity, racism, a child’s letter, liturgy, and a “recycled orchestra”

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Victoria Emily Jones

I apologize for not generating much original content lately. I haven’t anything substantive to present at the moment, but I have been voraciously reading up and taking notes on the history behind the building and art of Coventry Cathedral—one of … Continue reading →

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