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Jesus, Remember Me: Having the Faith of the Good Thief
By JDK at The Mockingbird Blog And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” Luke 23:43 These simple words of Jesus to the “good thief,” (St. Dismas in the… -
Harvard University Has a Crisis of Faith
By Sean at The Mockingbird Blog I read this article on Newsweek.com this morning and thought it was worth sharing. There is a debate on Harvard's campus over whether or not the school should require undergrad student… -
Fundamentalists and the Atheists Who Love Them
By Dave at The Mockingbird Blog Before I catch my plane down to sunny FLA, a fantastic blog entry over at the NY Times - catch it while it's hot (i.e. before they charge you) - from Ross Douthat, discussing Richard… -
The Gospel According To Pixar: Finding Nemo's Resurrection
By Nick at The Mockingbird Blog Continuing Mockingbird's fascination with all things animated (and anything even remotely related to uber-genius Brad Bird), we present The Gospel According to Pixar, volume 3. To r… -
How Will You Keep Christmas This Year? (Part 5)
By Jeff at The Mockingbird Blog Having considered in previous installments of this series why and how Christ came into the world, we now turn our attention to exactly what came into the world on Christmas day, and we… -
It's A Miserable Life? It's Wonderful Life!
By Ron Flowers at The Mockingbird Blog An interesting article appeared last Christmas in the New York Times entitled, "It's A Wonderful Life? It's A Miserable Life!". It nails certain aspects of that classic movie,… -
How Will You Keep Christmas This Year? (Part 4)
By Jeff at The Mockingbird Blog Having considered in previous installments of this series why Christ came into the world, we turn our attention now to how he came. Jesus came in the manner of God’s king, the Messiah,… -
How Will You Keep Christmas This Year? (Part 3)
By Jeff at The Mockingbird Blog When I say Christmas, I will bet that the first thing that comes to your mind is not “the incarnation of God the Son”. I’ll bet the image in your mind has something to do with a manger… -
How Will You Keep Christmas This Year? (Part 2)
By Jeff at The Mockingbird Blog When considering the meaning of anything having to do with what we believe, it's always a good idea to start with the Nicene Creed, which specifically addresses the subject of Christmas… -
How Will You Keep Christmas This Year? (Part 1)
By Jeff at The Mockingbird Blog An editorial appeared last year in the Guardian with a question that I think is still relevant to this Christmas season. This was the headline: Is 2008 the year the 'real meaning of Ch…













