Happy Easter

I know that I should wish people “Happy Easter.” I should say, in Greek, “Christos Anesti!” (“Christ is risen!”). And you should respond, in Greek,  “Alithos Anesti!” (“He is risen indeed!”). I should avoid the Easter confusion and wish you “Happy Resurrection Day!” since I don’t want you to think that I think Easter is […]

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How Jesus handled a crisis

(Paul Merrill writes here every First Friday) Last week I had lunch with an old friend. He’s as old as me – I guess we’re both old. Anyhow, we caught up on life. I learned how tight things are for him and his family. He’s an amazing entrepreneur, but the economy has made selling those […]

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What kind of bread are you?

(This is a guest post from Everett Reiss.) “All year we’re kind of like puffed up leavened bread, but passover is a time for us to become like stripped down matzah bread,” said the rabbi at a small group meeting at a Jewish community center in Philadelphia. I recently started attending on Thursday nights. I […]

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