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A Beautiful Prayer for Easter Sunday to Celebrate, Reflect, and Challenge Noelle Kirchner 17 Mar As we said goodbye to 2020, many did so enthusiastically. 2021 is now well underway with the early blooms of spring around us. Spring is a season of new beginnings, new life. You can smell it—the wet ground reawakening to life after newly fallen rain. You can see it—the early, colorful blooms punctuating the dull landscape that winter left behind. With so much observable promise, the coming of Easter is timely. Why Do We Celebrate Easter? Easter is one of the tw...

4 Feb The chapel service for Ash Wednesday was our most well-attended service of the year when I worked as a hospital chaplain. Maybe it was because at a hospital, there are everyday reminders of life and death. The healthcare workers who came for the mark of ashes knew well the miracle and frailty of life. The visitors who came perhaps wanted a taste of a familiar ritual as they maneuvered the unexpected or difficult within the hospital walls. Despite this reasoning, its popularity still struck me as odd as a young chaplain. I had noticed that our society is often...

Carsten Koall / Getty Images Originally published on December 10, 2020 11:09 am Hanukkah is a time to share light, miracles and faith. It's been a difficult year and these stories will reflect that. They're darker than usual. But we hope the miracle of Hanukkah casts its light through these stories. We think the tales will resonate with you because of their mixture of sadness and strength. Hear original stories from authors Erica Landis, Magin LaSov Gregg, Anna Megdell, Mikhal Weiner and Lara Pasternak Robicheaux. Listen to the full special above or hear individual stories below. Courte...

Embed iframe src "https://www.npr.org/player/embed/943835074/943849093" width "100%" height "290" frameborder "0" scrolling "no" title "NPR embedded audio player" Courtesy of the author Erica Landis started her writing career in Linden, N.J., in Mrs. Kelly's second-grade class with a tear-jerking essay about a No. 2 pencil. Her writing showcases the power of humor, resilience and honesty. Her work has appeared in the Huffington Post and community sites like Scary Mommy, Today's Parenting Team, and many others. In 2018, she was chosen by Good Housekeeping for their annual "50 at 5...

gunned down. the supreme court begins hearing arguments this morning as 26 states challenge president obama's health care overhaul. at the heart of the debate? whether the individual insurance mandate is constitutional. and president obama is joining lead errs of more than 50 nations in seoul, south korea this morning for the 2012 nuclear security summit. the president kicking things off with a stinging warning to north korea. a developing story from afghanistan. nato officials say a gunman wearing an army uniform, an afghan army uniform, killed two coalition members in souther...