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...this brutal Cambridge winter, local ice cream shops say the chill in sales is starting to burn...
...Mary, "For with God nothing shall be impossible." That one passage explains it all. (The Rev.) Tony Costa Toronto Nearly everything about the stories of Jesus' birth is mythical. Over the years tradition has added layers to the tales: farm animals, three kings, the celebration of Christmas during the winter solstice. Inquisitive people - those who are not satisfied with the attitude of others who think they learned all they need to know about Christmas in kindergarten - can celebrate the truth behind the myths. If we can imagine humility instead of pride; simplicity in a complex, greedy world; peace reigning over...
...persecution of those who stand out. Consider the case of Kathi Hürter, 14, a top student at Bonn's Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Gymnasium. About two years ago, Hürter says, many of her schoolmates started looking askance at her short hairstyle and nondescript outfits. But last winter, the situation escalated. Two girls in her class began to ridicule and bad-mouth her, saying she looked like a boy and calling her a nerd. They tripped her up, took her pens, and eventually resorted to hiding and damaging her backpack. "I guess it's because...
Truro has no main street, no stoplights, no trash pickup. Though the area bustles with writers and artists in the summertime, it is quiet, even suffocating, in the off-season. "In the winter, we pay too much attention to each other," a local told the Boston Globe after the murder. None of that attention had turned lethal since 1969, the year of the last homicide. "When you have an unsolved murder in your town, there's this free-floating anxiety," says Truro resident Maria Flook, who wrote a book about the killing...
...Nearly everything about the stories of Jesus' birth is mythical. Over the years tradition has added layers to the tales: farm animals, three Kings, the celebration of Christmas during the winter solstice. Inquisitive people?those who are not satisfied with the attitude of others who think they learned all they need to know about Christmas in kindergarten?can celebrate the truth behind the myths. If we can imagine humility instead of pride; simplicity in a complex, greedy world; peace reigning over hate and war; and inclusivity rather than bigotry and oppression, then we can imagine the divine potential...