{"id":510,"date":"2007-12-22T09:51:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-22T09:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omeoflittlefaith\/2007\/12\/trueu-my-favorite-christmas-story.html"},"modified":"2007-12-22T09:51:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-22T09:51:00","slug":"trueu-my-favorite-christmas-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omeoflittlefaith\/2007\/12\/trueu-my-favorite-christmas-story.html","title":{"rendered":"TrueU: My Favorite Christmas Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>I have a new article up<\/span> at TrueU.org, the online mag for college students. It&#8217;s called &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.trueu.org\/dorms\/stulounge\/A000000840.cfm\">My Favorite Christmas Story<\/a>,&#8221; about how the parable of the prodigal son is the story I think of most during the season of Advent. Even better, the article gives shout-outs to the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charlie_Brown_Christmas\">Charlie Brown Christmas special<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_%28TV_special%29\">Rankin-Bass &#8220;Rudolph&#8221; classic<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amends\">&#8220;Amends,&#8221; the special Season3 Christmas episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So, obviously, you should read it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a new article up at TrueU.org, the online mag for college students. It&#8217;s called &#8220;My Favorite Christmas Story,&#8221; about how the parable of the prodigal son is the story I think of most during the season of Advent. 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