Oh my gosh! This Sunday is the silliest day in the Church Calendar! As the cabbage patch pastor once said, "Lettuce pray." It's "Holy Humor Sunday!" Get ready to tell jokes, play pranks and burst out laughing in church! That is, IF your church celebrates the ancient tradition! Yes, I said "ancient tradition." Churches resurrect an old Easter custom Many American churches are resurrecting an old Easter custom begun by the Greeks in the early centuries of Christianity-"Holy Humor Sunday" celebrations of Jesus' resurrection on the Sunday after Easter. For centuries in Eastern Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant countries, the [READ MORE]

She grew up a Jewish girl in a Catholic neighborhood. She was not a Christian, but she loved Jesus. I mean, who wouldn't love Jesus? Just listen to the Gospel stories about his amazing loving life and you can't help but love him. And she did. She was disappointed when her little girlfriends came of age to be confirmed and she was not allowed to go to confirmation classes with them. She loved hearing the stories. She loved Jesus. But she was Jewish. And Jews don't usually go to confirmation classes in Christian churches, Catholic or Protestant. One day around Easter [READ MORE]