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  • Now that Christmas is over once again, I thought this might be a safe time to discuss a topic which is a bit controversial amongst some parents – the topic of Santa. I’m sure you are all aware of the discussions which take place among children. Those who have been informed that “there is no

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  • My mother died recently, at the age of (almost) 96. She was not your typical mother. When other mothers were baking cookies, cleaning the house, or planting roses, she was reading theology books, running a monthly luncheon for Christian ladies, or setting up a museum. If I was late getting home from school for some

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  • When my oldest daughter went to college, my father just could not understand why she was enrolled in a class called Women’s Studies. Apparently, Women’s Studies was one of the courses under the same block as Western Civilization, and everyone was required to take at least one course in that block. She explained that she had tried to sign

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