As part of a documentary that our filmmaker friend Timothy Greenfield-Sanders is making about Whitley, we recently visited the “Communion” cabin in upstate New York where we were menaced by one of the locals. On the way back to New York City, we received a call from a dear friend that we were very worried about, who had almost died from an asthma attack. This trip was “Deliverance” in more ways than one.
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Incredible new evidence – The famous Shroud of Turin, which is either a fake or the burial cloth of Jesus (depending on who you listen to) has been found to contain a “death certificate” for “Jesus of Nazareth.”
Vatican scholar Barbara Frale says she found it imprinted on a corner of the cloth in Greek, Hebrew and Latin and has reconstructed it. Frale says that the use of three languages is consistent with a community of Greek-speaking Jews in a Roman colony. The letters are barely visible and would have rubbed off the death certificate, which was glued to the cloth near the face.
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The SOLUTION! – We have plastic problems, but there’s an easy way to tell WHICH plastics are safe and which are not, so we can discard them from our kitchens and avoid eating or drinking out of them.
In the December 6th edition of the New York Times, Nicholas D. Kristof writes, “What if breast cancer in the United States has less to do with insurance or mammograms and more to do with contaminants in our water or air, or in certain plastic containers in our kitchens? What if the surge in asthma and childhood leukemia reflect, in part, the poisons we impose upon ourselves?”
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Nothing new – The nation’s fascination with high-profile men who stray, like Tiger Woods, is nothing new. In light of the male propensity to have extramarital affairs, is it even worth getting married?
Psychologist Andrew Irwin-Smiler says, “As a culture, we have a perception that men just want sex and that all men are promiscuous, but the research shows that while men do have more partners than women, most men only have one partner at a time.” His research shows that the majority of boys and men prioritize and value emotional connection to their partner.
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