A theologian-friend, as part of a research project, developed a questionnaire that began, “Please indicate which of the following statements about Jesus could possibly be true.” Then followed items such as, “The baby Jesus occasionally had diarrhea, and required constant changing;” “The infant Jesus once in a while had colic, and screamed the house down;” […]

In the Orthodox Churches the important truth at this time of year is not that our Lord was born, but that he was manifested to humanity as the incarnate God. Therefore the great festival among Orthodox Christians is not Christmas (Jan 7 this year), but Epiphany. On that day (Jan 19 this year), two manifestations […]