Some bones from one of Buddha’s fingers were sent as a gift to the emperor of China during the Tang dynasty. They were later forgotten about and then found in 1981. The finding was a sensation
to Buddhists everywhere, and the bones are now...
On one
occasion Michelangelo, the great artist, turned on his fellow artists in a
spirit of indignation. He said: “Why do you keep filling gallery after gallery
with endless pictures on the one theme of Christ in weakness, Christ on the
Cross,...
A man and his
five-year old son were driving past a cemetery and noticed a large pile of dirt
next to a freshly dug grave when the little boy said, “Look, Dad, one got out!”
Next time you
drive past a cemetery, think of the One Whom the...
This year’s annual Easter egg hunt in Colorado Springs, Colorado was canceled because of misbehaving parents last year. Many parents entered the roped-off area reserved for the children and helped them collect the eggs. This ended the hunt in...
In 1799 the armies of Napoleon appeared on the heights above
the town of Feldkirch, Austria. It was Easter Day, and the rays of the rising
sun glittered on the weapons of the French, as they appeared drawn up on the
hills to the west of the town...