by Wendy Widder | Jan 1, 2012 | Christmas, Daniel 2, The Book of Daniel
Welcome to the new year! My Christmas tree is still up (until after Epiphany), but I’m definitely ready to start jogging off the Christmas calories and to start blogging again. In case you’ve forgotten, we’re in Daniel 2, a chapter in which King Nebuchadnezzar has a...
by Wendy Widder | Dec 12, 2011 | Aramaic, Christmas, Daniel 2, Daniel 3, Daniel 4, Daniel 5, Daniel 6, Daniel 7, How to read the Bible, The Book of Daniel
’Tis the season for getting upset about people using “X” in place of “Christ” in “Christmas.” I don’t deny that a good number of people do want to take “Christ” out of “Christmas,” but using “Xmas” isn’t really the way to do it; nor should “Xmas” be a huge issue to...
by Wendy Widder | Dec 3, 2011 | Christmas, Pain
It was Christmas 1997, and my church singles group was out spreading holiday cheer. On this particular Saturday, we were taking Christmas to a needy family whose name we had received from the local Rescue Mission. We had spent weeks gathering Christmas decorations and...
by Wendy Widder | Oct 9, 2011 | Tributes
When I passed my PhD exams in 2008, I took a much-needed vacation before launching fulltime dissertation work. My travels took me to see some old college friends in Knoxville, Tennessee, and while their presence would have been more than enough balm for a weary soul,...
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