“Happy Holidays” Points to the Meaning of Life

Christmas meaning of life

People around here love Christmas. Well maybe not the grumpy local atheist who argues that the city should take “Merry Christmas” off of the city buses. But I suspect that even he likes the “Happy Holidays.” Regardless of how we refer to the season, I think people love the holidays because Christmas gets to the meaning of life and, for at least a short time, it gives […]

Why did Joseph go to Bethlehem?

Luke chapter 2: Mary and Joseph return to Bethlehem (where Jesus is born) because of a census happening at the time. Why? Apparently these kinds of censuses were for tax purposes and occurred every 14 years in the Roman empire (of which both Nazareth and Bethlehem were a part). A number of commentators (based on historical evidence) […]