This essay was written for an October 2020 internet interview concerning the first nonfiction book I wrote, Unraveling the Christmas Star Mystery. 

Unraveling the Christmas Star Mystery was awarded the Gold Medal and First Place as the exemplary Christian Education Book of 2013.

JERRY GODINHO PROMPT : 

Unraveling the Christmas Star Mystery is a fascinating book where 68 NASA astronomy computers looked at 15 years of ancient skies and found the Christmas Star was at…

CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE PAST       
       www,irenebaron.com  11 August 2020 
 

THE ICE AGE

Our perception of the earth is like that of a mite on a tree. The mite isn't aware of changes in tree growth during its life.  Climate change is something humans rarely witness in their lifetime.   

I grew up in Ohio where the one or two-mile thick ice of the last Ice Age began to retreat about 10,000 years ago.  The weight of the ice pushing on Ohio applied pressure to the crust of the Earth. Since the ice melted over…

 ANGELIC INTERVENTION      
By Irene Baron  www.irenebaron.com 

The most memorable angelic intervention I encountered happened when I was fourteen years old. I have told less than ten persons about that event until now.

Telling of heavenly intervention can be intimidating. You can never be sure how others will react. People experiencing something unexpected often laugh. Laughter can also be interpreted as derision of disbelief. To open to others what happened gives them the opportunity to mock. I have tried…

 Large Mural Completed      
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The mural of the Holy family is finished and hanging in front of the sanctuary at Coburn UM Church in Zanesville, Ohio. Tours can be arranged by calling the church  740-454-0186.

. The creation, drawing and painting of the mural took many hours and days during 2017. Many sketches were made and discarded. The final one was enlarged to fit the 12"-square grids on the canvas. The grid was placed with lightly applied, graphite lines over the canvas. The grid…