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This is the first year in three that I have not written an article for Beliefnet.com on “spiritually uplifting” children’s gifts for the holidays. Gifts for children tend to be so particular to the individual, and in truth, people were telling me that my gift choices were sometimes too expensive, or that my selections had…

Funny conversation number one: My son, listening to the car radio and speaking from the back seat: “Mommy, who is this singing?” “Ah, this singer’s name is Celine Dion.” “Why is she screaming?” “Ummm….” (laughing) “I guess you could say it’s her style.” Funny conversation number two, separate, but related: My sister: “Hey, Josh Groban…

There was a wonderful element to my account-settling trip to see my insurance agent in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn–just as I suspected there might be. As I left his office, which was garishly decorated for the holidays, I found a delicatessen called Mejlander and Mulgannon down the block. After pushing my Russian hat up off my…

I came across a good quote from John Adams, signer of the Declaration of Independence and second president of the U.S. What he says here makes me think he’d feel completely comfortable with Beliefnet.com: “I am, therefore, of the opinion that men ought (after they have examined, with unbiased judgments, every system of religion and…
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