In the Christmas story, as recorded in the book of Matthew, wise men presented gifts to baby Jesus. Two of these gifts were frankincense and myrrh. These are costly perfume oils derived from certain ...

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We can easily see why trees often take leading roles in ancient religion. Along with mountains and the sea, trees are bigger than we are; they stand when we fall and they endure when we pass away. Yet ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - It was during the pandemic when the Rev. Kira Austin-Young and her puppet-maker husband, Michael Schupbach, were going a little stir-crazy that they came up with the idea.

It’s something from the pages of the Bible and scientists think it has been gone for a very long time. Botanists have managed to grow a long-lost tree species from an ancient, 1,000-year-old seed ...