As a New Year dawns, this podcast comes to an end. Thank you for joining me through this year. In this last podcast of "And So..." I share something a bit more personal. May God bless you and yours in the coming year.

Celebrations in the Bible: the first birthday in history, biblical festivals, and a feeding trough for domesticated beasts. Plus the "Book of Sports" of King James I of England. Merry Christmas!

A Franciscan mission, a Reformed church, priests, nuns, a crucifix, and a grotto come together in this podcast on Mary, the mother of Jesus.

Did you know that joy is coming? And you can't stop it. This week's podcast is for Joy Sunday.

The rock band Queen, the movie Highlander, and Christology come together in this podcast on why Jesus Christ is unique.

Busyness, distractions, Archibald MacLeish, and Dante Alighieri come together in this podcast on the Christmas Season as the anticipation of the re-arrival of Christ.

Do you believe in magic?

The Witch of Endor, the Dark Arts, and the Bible are the focus in this week's podcast.

Halloween! All Saints Day! All Souls Day!

Ghosts, Psyches, Souls, and . . . throats? What's that all about. Find out in my most recent podcast.

Psalm 23 begins, "The LORD is my shepherd...." It is a serene and pastoral psalm, but there is something quite violent in its context. It mentions a valley of the shadow of death. This podcast looks at the psalm and a Canaanite myth of the young goddess Anat, who herself waged war in a deathly valley.

IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD! Or not. Take a look at some biblical and non-biblical portents of cataclysmic events in this latest podcast.