Saint Valentine’s Day didn’t start out as a day for cards, candy, and kisses. It was a feast day in the early church dedicated to three different guys …
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Parables in the Ancient World and the Gospels
In the ancient world, parables were a teaching tool. The word parable is an English transliteration of the Greek word parabole, which means …
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The History of Groundhog Day
Many of you are probably aware of the tradition regarding Punxsutawney Phil, the chunky rodent from Pennsylvania who predicts the end of winter each …