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...time greatest movie we ever went to on Christmas was a revival of Fiddler on the Roof. Even though, technically, Jesus' birthday is the date in history that divides Christians and Jews, spending Jesus' birthday with Tevye and clan was our holiest holiday-film choice. Granted it is a little disconcerting on Christmas to watch a Russian official refer to the Jews as "Christ killers," or a gang of creepy gentiles boot Tevye and his fellow villagers from the only home they've ever known. Motel the Tailor complains, "We've been waiting for the Messiah all our lives. Wouldn...
...when George W. came into his own. The first half of the decade were his wilderness years, a long lost weekend as a frat-boy scion of the Bush family. But midway through the decade he hit forty, discovered Jesus and became John Quincy Adams-in-waiting. It?s an era he understands and cherishes...
...this millennium has been no stranger to calendar disputes. It was not until the sixth century that the monk Dionysus Exiguus created our calendar system by putting a date on Jesus' birth, and many people have still not yet agreed on the details. Think of the old dispute in Northumbria over the correct date of Easter: Starting in the year 627, as the Venerable Bede records, the Celtic and Roman traditions provided two different dates for Easter, and the Northumbrians were left to celebrate Easter twice a year. The queen fasted on a different day than the king...
...ALTER EGO] Karl Wojtyla [COOL CAR] Popemobile [TRAGIC PAST] Mother died when he was 9 [URBAN PERCH] Vatican City [ARCHENEMIES] Communists, Beelzebub [SUPERPOWERS] Transubstantiation; hot line to Jesus [WEARS A CAPE...
Elizondo's mestizaje theology has found resonance beyond the Mexican-American community. "Every generation tends to build an image of Jesus in response to its deepest quest," he says. "When they are writing about Jesus, they are really writing about themselves...