This year, the Julian calendar used by the Western Church and the Gregorian calendar used by the Eastern Church coincide, so it’s everyone’s Easter Sunday. This includes our Coptic brothers and sister, who use their own calendar system. So many calendars. Despite our calenderic (new word!) differences, we all calculate when Easter falls based on […]
I know. I’m ashamed of myself. Actually, my Palm Sunday does not include the traditional activities that make Palm Sunday fun, namely sword fights with palm branches. This is because my church doesn’t do the traditional handing out of palm branches either because they’re killjoys or they’re smart. Smart killjoys? For those who do attend […]
There’s an interesting article on the Federalist website about the dangers of observing Lent. I see the author’s point, although I disagree with his conclusions. He writes, “We all desperately want to believe that sin is outside of us, something that goes into us and defiles us. That it is a particular act, or behavior, […]
I realize this is a high holy day in the football religion. Lots of pomp. Lots of circumstance. Lots of messing with my traditions. Today I like to eat sausage-themed foods, pay too much attention to the habits of a Yankee rodent, and watch one of the finest holiday/philosophical/themes for a generation (that’d be Gen […]
My column today at The Washington Times Community Pages is my favorite I have written by far. I talked and corresponded with a variety of immigrants and their children to find out their thoughts and celebrations of Thanksgiving. It was a lot of fun hearing what they thought of my favorite holiday and how they […]
My motto is “You can never have too much pie.” Which is an interesting choice for a motto, but I stand behind it. What I’m saying is I love pie. So I thought I’d share my apple pie recipe, which is a variation of this recipe. Caramel Apple Pie Ingredients: 1 recipe pastry for a […]
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Today all the world celebrates Cinco de Mayo, marking the Mexican Victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. Well, actually they don’t. Most of Mexico doesn’t even celebrate Cinco de Mayo. (It’s not Mexican Independence Day. That happened on September 16, 1810 — half a century earlier.) Cinco de […]
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Today is St. Patrick’s day, a day on which everyone is Irish even if Patrick wasn’t. Patrick was actually a Briton who was kidnapped as a teen and sold as a slave in Ireland. He spent 6 years as a slave before he escaped. Patrick wasn’t a Christian when he was kidnapped, but he converted […]