In the middle of a muggy summer in southern Indiana, with daytime temperatures near or over 100 degrees, it is hot on our little organic vegetable farm in the Ohio River valley. And although we have central air conditioning in our home, this summer we decided not to turn it on. Why has my family ch
The 8220 Christmas story 8221 that we re-enact annually is based for the most part on the infancy narratives found in the first two chapters of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke Those texts combine historical details fulfillments of Old Testament prophecies and theological affirmations about Jes
Astronomers love to wander in the dark because it is often the darkest skies that radiate the brightest stars An award-winning astronomer and the Priest Professor of Physics at St Lawrence University in Canton N Y Aileen O 8217 Donoghue has spent years searching the heavens of the physical uni
Margaret Atwood has published over a dozen volumes of poetry While she might be more widely known as a novelist it is in her poetry that the issues dealt with in her novels are first tried out and sharpened The Door provides a foundation for many of the themes symbols and conflicts that erupt in
In the northern hemisphere November is traditionally associated with those who have died The flowers have wilted the leaves are dropping and the grass has ceased to grow The freshness of spring and the warmth of summer are distant memories Yet amid these signs of death there is the expectation