{This blog entry was originally posted on 4-14-2017. It has been slightly revised here.} The Gospels give us detailed records of Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday. But little about that Saturday. Silence. On Good Friday, I think of the death. Brutal. Chaotic. Seemingly final. I’ve never...

note: this is edited and re-posted from 2024 - because I have to remind myself anew every new year! We’re just barely into this new year but, perhaps, it’s already tarnished. Perhaps what felt like a new start, a fresh thing, a bold beginning when the fireworks were flaring has sputtered out...

In thinking back on 2024 (as one does at year's end), one memory stood out - partly because it was so recent - but partly due to it's significance. I share it here because it's one of our favorite, oldest family traditions but also one of the simplest! For almost 40 years, we've enjoyed a yearly...