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I wrote these notes to speak to a U.S. audience in 2007, in liturgical year ‘A.’ The word ‘advent’ is derived from the Latin word ‘adventus,’ which means ‘coming’ or ‘arrival.’  Ancient...

Seth Freed Wessler, Special to ProPublica This story was co-published with The Daily Beast. In August 2009, Mindi, a 25-year-old struggling new parent, experienced what doctors later concluded was a psychotic episode. She had been staying in a cousin...

On this day in history… December 27 1825 – 1st public railway using steam locomotive completed in England between Stockton and Darlington 1831 – HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs England for South America 1871 – World’s first cat show (Crystal Palace...

WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS Playlist for December 21, 2014 Since 1980, I have hosted an annual Christmas special that airs on the Sunday before Christmas from the Teaneck, New Jersey studios of WFDU-FM. Not only has it become a tradition for me, I discovered...

Biographical Sketch of Julia (Bentley) Weatherwax by Renee M. (Harris) Zamora 12 Apr 2014       Julia Bentley was born 9 Aug 1892, Greenwich, Washington, New York to Charles H. Bentley and Emmaline Sarah Green. This was a...