One might think that Thanksgiving is just about the turkey, football and an excuse for a 4 day weekend. Another way to consider Thanksgiving is as an important exercise in spirituality – for the power of gratitude and it’s importance in nearly all the world’s major religions in well documented. Yes, historically Thanksgiving arose from… [Read More]
Halloween: Christian and Pagan Syncretism
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Syncretism is a great word. It means blending contradictory beliefs, theology and/or mythology together to come up with something unique and unified. This certainly applies to Halloween which seems to merge Christian and Pagan ideas together for a holiday. The word syncretism seems to trace back to Greek and Roman historian Plutarch who commented that… [Read More]
Why Does The Date For Easter Change?
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Shouldn’t Easter be a fixed date on the calendar? Especially if Easter is meant to celebrate the day of Jesus’ resurrection, shouldn’t the date remain the same every year? So why does the date of Easter change every year? In the West, Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon on… [Read More]
