From the blog this week: Favorite Reads of 2020.
A collection of links from the web:
Thomas Jefferson Tried to ‘Fix’ the Bible
“Jefferson…took for himself the liberty of editing the Gospels. He cut them up, using a sharp knife to excise what he saw as the problematic parts of the sacred text.”
Goodnight Till Then
“Oft have we met in gladness,
And we shall meet again,
All sorrows left behind us,
Goodnight, goodnight till then.”
When You Feel Like Pitching Christmas
“So much has been lost in this time of COVID, and I don’t want to lose my usual Christmas, too. This is not the December I want, and I feel like swinging this holiday season along with the rest of 2020 over my head and pitching it across the room.”