Thanksgiving may be behind us, but if you and your family plan to deep-fry a turkey for Christmas this year, Jase Robertson and his Uncle Si (from Duck Dynasty) have some important tips on how to cook the turkey without burning down the house. Enjoy!
All this week we have been talking about Christmas and reminiscing about different Christmas memories from days gone by. Today I wanted to share about one of my most vivid Christmas memories: A Christmas greeting from space.
It wasn’t little green men in flying saucers who wished a Merry Christmas. It was American astronauts. Bill Anders, Jim Lovell, and Frank Borman—the three men onboard the Apollo 8 spacecraft—spent Christmas of 1968 orbiting the moon. On Christmas Eve, as their module made its way around the moon, the three men passed around a sheet of fireproof paper, taking turns reading the words printed on it—the first 10 verses from the Book of Genesis—all on international television.
Commander Borman ended the transmission by saying, “from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas – and God bless all of you, all of you on the good Earth.”
A seventh-grader in Kansas has been barred from distributing fliers to classmates simply because the fliers contain a Bible verse.
Based on news reports, the school has what appears to be an unconstitutional policy prohibiting students from distributing any material of a religious nature on school property.
Courts have ruled repeatedly that students do not forfeit their religious liberties simply by walking onto school property; as long as they do not disrupt the learning environment, students are free to pray, discuss religion, share their faith, and engage in other forms of constitutionally-protected speech.
Watch the video below for more information on this situation.