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84T.S. Eliot and Nicholas Ferrar: Time's Timeless Poet and the Timeless Believer at Little Gidding
Sixteenth/eventeenth-century entrepreneur turned religious leader Nicholas Ferrar established a small but influential religious community near London, England. Four centuries later, twentieth-century poet T.S. Eliot was inspired to write about the community in his poem "Little Gidding." Visitors to and writers about the community have increased since Nicholas Ferrar became a highly respected saint in both the Anglican and Episcopal churches in the twentieth century.
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71Josie goes to Twilight Lawns: Chapter Seven
At almost exactly the same moment that Hermione struck the first chords of ‘My Old Man Said “Follow the Van”’, if one could have looked carefully through the gathering gloom, one would have noticed three persons crossing the road outside the...
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74Gregory the Great: An Overview
Western Rome in the 6th century was in disarray. The once unified and powerful Roman Empire was no more, as Italy saw itself beset by invading barbarian tribes and isolated from Eastern Rome’s center of power, Constantinople. After 476, the...
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83Bloody Mary - Mary Tudor
Mary Tudor's story begins with King Henry VIII of England. Mary was Henry's eldest child, born to Catherine, the first of his six wives. Mary's brief reign was one of blood & terror.
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82US History - The American Revolution
The British against the French, the British against the Native Americans, and the British against the Colonists.
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81Falkland Islands
The remote Falkland Islands are located about 300 miles off the tip of South America and is considered a self-governing British Territory even though Argentina does not agree with this. The Falkland Islands has been under British rule since 1833. ...
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82El Día de los Muertos - Mexican Day of the Dead
El Día de los Muertos or, Day of the Dead, is an ancient Mexican holiday that is celebrated on November 1st and 2nd. Even though there are many similarities between El Día de los Muertos and Halloween, this is not the Mexican version of Halloween....
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74Passion Sunday the Sunday Before Easter
Passion Sunday is the sixth and last Sunday of Lent and the Sunday before Easter. This is the Sunday on which palms are distributed to the congregation in most Christian churches and, because of the distribution of palm branches, it has long...
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68The Amish
The origin and history of several religions, Christian, Protestant, Luther, Zwingli, Anabaptist, Anglican (through Henry VIII), Calvinism, Puritan, Mennonite, Amish and Hutterite.
71Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu was born on October 7, 1931 in the South African city of Klerksdorp. Originally, he aspired to be a physician, but his family was unable to send him to medical school. Instead of becoming a...
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