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From a Passover column in the Washington Post by Daniella Greenbaum Davis about the part her grandmother once played in their Seder feast,  she has since died, when they retell the story of how the Jewish people were enslaved in Egypt and how through “signs, wonders...

“What is the idea that something exists, even if you can’t see it, if not the very definition of faith?” - Sloane Crosley in "Grief is for People". (A wise, funny and moving memoir of grieving for her friend who died by suicide. You should read it.) April 11. Chilkat...

A quick note from my desk to yours about historian  Heather Cox Richardson and her daily "Letters from an American" posts. I subscribe and read it religiously. She is wise, writes well and is calm and brave. There are footnotes too, so you can check her sources....

"Based on the evidence, why was I given this day?"- John O'Donohue That is from John O'Donohue's book of blessings, To Bless the Space Between Us. I think about it every morning. I wonder why I am here. What can I do? He spends a lot of time in the book discussing...

We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to say "It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem." Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes. ― Fred Rogers I read the news and...

"We are living in a time when laughter is rare. That is all the more reason to look for it. The things that make you smile, the things that lift your spirit: seek them and share them as widely as you can." - Steven Charleston, retired Episcopal bishop of Alaska Yes,...