Mark was a Levite, ranked as a member of the second most holy group in Israel, but he wasn't treated with any respect. He met Jesus and then rejected him, because he still wanted to think of the world in terms of purity and impurity, and Jesus wanted him to think of the world in … Continue reading A Story about Saint Mark

Perpetua was a young mother when she was arrested in 203 A.D.  She had become involved with a group of Christians, and was walking with her fellow catechumens through the town of Thuburbo Minus when she was taken into custody.  The crime of these early Christians was a refusal to sacrifice to the gods on … Continue reading Perpetua and Her Companions

In 1903, a human skeleton was discovered in Gough's Cave in the Cheddar Gorge of Somerset, England.  It was an unusual skeleton, very old and bearing marks that suggested it had belonged to a man who had died from a blow to his head.  Scientists determined that this wasn't a recent murder victim at all. … Continue reading Some Thoughts about the Cheddar Man, Ray Kurzweil, and Jesus