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The Crusades (Videos)

By RachelUndefined on June 7, 2021 • ( 0 )

This three part series is hosted by Dr Thomas Asbridge. Episode one details the origin of the crusades and tracks the journey of the first crusaders as they attempt to recapture Jerusalem. Episode two covers the epic clash between Britain’s Richard the Lionheart, and the legendary sultan Saladin, unifier of Islam. The final episode concludes with the arrival of the Mongol hordes and the end of the crusades.

Platform: DailyMotion
Channel: Llayster
Episode 1 Run Time: 58:53
Episode 2 Run Time: 58:59
Episode 3 Run Time: 58:55

Dreams by Adelaide McElhinney

By RachelUndefined on November 6, 2017 • ( 0 )

Dreams I dream. I dream of his face. I dream of the blood That trickled in his eyes. I dream of the crowd, The way they cried For his destruction. I dream of my own Reluctance to disagree With the… Read More ›

My Daughter was Preached at in Science Class

By RachelUndefined on December 10, 2013 • ( 1 )

At the moment we are dealing with our first ever negative experience at my daughter’s high school. On Friday, our daughter came home and told us that they had four people come to their Science class and talk about Christianity…. Read More ›

Fallen

By RachelUndefined on October 23, 2013 • ( 1 )

Fallen by David Maine is a vivid retelling of the old, familiar stories of Adam & Eve and Cain & Abel. Beginning with the final days of Cain and moving back in time to Adam and Eve’s banishment from the… Read More ›

John Holt in ‘What Do I Do Monday?’

By RachelUndefined on December 11, 2010 • ( 0 )

“A man may cling desperately to the belief that Jesus loves him because he is certain that nobody else does. Thus Christianity can all too easily…turn into a religion of hate and despair.” ~ John Holt in ‘What Do I… Read More ›

Does Jesus Save Aliens?

By RachelUndefined on February 1, 2010 • ( 0 )

Four hundred years after Renaissance philosopher Giordano Bruno was burnt at the stake for his belief in the “plurality of worlds” (aliens), scientists and religious leaders gathered this week at a seemingly more open-minded Vatican for a conference on astrobiology… Read More ›

Mary Wollstonecraft in ‘A Vindication of the Rights of Woman’

By RachelUndefined on December 20, 2009 • ( 0 )

“…it is a farce to call any being virtuous whose virtues do not result from the exercise of it’s own reason.” —Mary Wollstonecraft in ‘A Vindication of the Rights of Woman’

Joe Queenan in ‘Balsamic Dreams’

By RachelUndefined on September 20, 2009 • ( 0 )

“Boomers persist in the belief that they are the most resourceful, most ingenious, most sophisticated, and most important in the history of mankind.” Related articles Book Review Podcast: Joe Queenan on a Lifetime of Reading (artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com) Disgruntled (aspiringwriter25.wordpress.com) This Could… Read More ›

Christianity: An Ancient Egyptian Religion by Ahmed Osman

By RachelUndefined on June 27, 2009 • ( 0 )

Opening Sentence:One day in A.D. 391, the Roman-appointed Bishop Theophilus marched from his headquarters in the Brucheion Royal quarter of Alexandria, at the head of a large howling mob, heading west for the Serapeum in the heart of the Egyptian… Read More ›

Books I Read In June 2009

By RachelUndefined on June 1, 2009 • ( 0 )

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova Lockie Leonard: Human Torpedo by Tim Winton Christianity: An Ancient Egyptian Religion by Ahmed Osman An Obedient Father by Akhil Sharma Splinter by Adam Roberts Related articles 10 of my Favourite Books (meetmeatthebookparade.wordpress.com) 2013 Reading… Read More ›

Old Bible (joke)

By RachelUndefined on March 4, 2008 • ( 0 )

I found this joke on a bookcrossing thread (posted by nwpassage).

New priest

By RachelUndefined on November 11, 2007 • ( 0 )

This joke has been floating about for a while now, but it’s one of my favourites, so I thought I’d share.