LEGO shortage scares Christmas shoppers: Too few LEGO bricks to fill stockings | Examiner.com

There's a holiday crisis of epic proportion. Santa's elves at LEGO haven't made enough of their iconic colored building blocks this year. And news of any shortage of toys, let alone a LEGO shortage scares Christmas shoppers reported the Christian Science Monitor on Oct. 21. LEGO sales jumped 18 percent in 2015 and 15 percent in 2014 leaving them, well, a few bricks short of a load this holiday season. Too few LEGO bricks to fill stockings this Christmas? That is a this North Pole emergency! Alert the big guy in red and call out the reindeer brigade--the LEGOs must get through.  LEGO shortage scares Christmas shoppers: Too few LEGO bricks to fill stockings | Examiner.com

Parents beat sons to confess at church: Another 'To Train Up a Child' death as 'Bible' beating killed Lucas Leonard

In another horrifying "To Train Up a Child" Bible beating story, New Hartford, New York parents beat their sons to confess sins at church, reported the Associated Press on Oct. 14. That spiritual beating killed Lucas Leonard, 19, one of the two brothers beaten in the tiny Christian church. Leonard's Oct. 12 death at Word of Life Church revealed that he and his sibling Christoper Leonard, 17, had been kicked and pummeled with fists. They were struck in the abdomen, genitals, thighs and back. Christopher Leonard was hospitalized with severe injuries.  Is this another "Spare the rod and kill the child" situation? Parents beat sons to confess at church: Spiritual beating killed Lucas Leonard | Examiner.com

Free printable Blessed Virgin Mary coloring pages for Catholic feast days | Examiner.com

Mary, the mother of Jesus, is honored on several different Catholic and Orthodox Christian holidays. May and October are devoted to the Blessed Mother. Some are holy days of obligation. December 8 is the Feast Immaculate Conception, January 1 is Solemnity of Mary and August 15 is the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Advent and Christmas honor Our Lady. She is revered in the Sorrowful, Joyful, Glorious and Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary, too. Free printable Blessed Virgin Mary coloring pages for Catholic feast days | Examiner.com