Monthly Archives: January 1995
TOP STORY: JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM: The real nativity: A difficult journey to a dangerous place
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1995
c. 1995 Religion News Service UNDATED _ A newly betrothed couple is forced to register for a census in a town far away. The woman is nine months pregnant. When they finally reach their destination after an arduous journey, there is no place to stay. The baby is born in a spot fit only for […]
COMMENTARY: A great fast is the harbinger of a great feast
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1995
c. 1995 Religion News Service (Editors’note: Western churches observed Easter on April 12; Orthodox churches observe Easter April 19. This column is intended for use April 14 or thereafter. Frederica Mathewes Green lives and writes in Baltimore, Md.) UNDATED _ Sure, it’s all very well for you. You’ve already had Easter. You’re taking that leisurely […]
COMMENTARY: Of pots and pans, shoe polish, and death.
By James Rudin — January 1, 1995
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.) UNDATED _ Imagine that your country is suffering under harsh military occupation. The authorities have just ordered you and your family, including children, to report to the local train station tomorrow morning. If you resist in any […]
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