Looking Ahead: Mother’s Day 2017

Will the real Mother’s Day Please Stand Up?
Many people see Mother’s Day as a secular holiday, designed by the greeting card industry, promoted by restaurants, beloved by florists. Some clergy agree, objecting to the commercialism of the holiday. Does Mother’s Day have religious meaning? If so what is it? Just consider the witness of its founder, Anna Jarvis.

 

 

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Charles is a Presbyterian minister, writer, editor, activist, publisher and public theologian.

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