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“A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.” —Garrison Keillor

We Chatterings will be eating pheasant for Christmas dinner. The idea occurred to me as I stood in our local butcher’s shop two weeks ago and noticed his “Pheasant and Squab by Special Order” sign. So I bit. But first I asked, “Is the pheasant farmed and environmentally correct?” And the butcher responded, “Well, it’s…

I have what may not be an uncommon view of astrology generally–I am skeptical. And yet, whether or not astrology is accurate doesn’t trouble me, doesn’t keep me from regarding it with respect and great interest. I see it as yet another template, another vocabularly, another way into understanding ourselves and others. I have found…

Speaking of astrology, it seems apt to mention that many astrologers, astronomers, and Bible scholars do not believe that Jesus was born on December 25th. They think he was born in the spring. Astronomer Michael R. Molnar has written a book called “The Star of Bethlehem:The Legacy of the Magi”, in which he proposes that…
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