Gone Girl: Disappearing Women from “The Easter Hymn”
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Gone Girl: Disappearing Women from “The Easter Hymn”

ByBeth Allison Barr

I bet that, for those of you attending church on Easter Sunday, at least half of you will sing “Christ the Lord is Risen Today.” Christ, the Lord, is risen today, Alleluia! Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia! Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia! Sing, ye heavens, and earth, reply, Alleluia!Vain the stone,…

The Modern Roots of Pagan Halloween
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The Modern Roots of Pagan Halloween

ByBeth Allison Barr

I remember trick-or-treating when I was small. The night air was crisp and cool (we lived in the northwest at the time). My little sister was batman, my older sister a ballerina, and I a clown. My dad held our hands as we walked through the neighborhood, returning home only when our plastic pumpkins brimmed…