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Christmas Traditions Explained (Part 1)
Read the full article in the Tiqvah Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 4 (Oct – Dec 2023). Click this link to view Introduction So where do the traditions of the Christmas season come from? Today, many people in the Mar Thoma parishes participate in a variety of cultural Christmas activities. In Kerala, some practices adopted from…
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Holy Spaces & Holy Time
What is the place of spiritual development in our life? For most Christians, from a young age they are taught in the ways of Christian spirituality and faith development. At the point of adulthood, it is necessary that they are able to carry on the faith practices that they learned in their younger years in…
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Re-Imagining Halloween: Magic, Horrors, and Christian Faith
As we enter the Autumn Season and near Winter, the lawns outside many homes become decorated for Halloween. Witches, ghosts, and skeletons appear with ever-increasing realism each Halloween season. Halloween has its origins in European paganism. Christian encounters with those traditions led to a make-over. Modern observations around the world are usually non-religious although some…