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For many, holy days have become family ‘holidays’
http://www.religionnews.com/2013/03/29/for-many-holy-days-have-become-family-holidays/Cathy Lynn Grossman / USA Today | Mar 29, 2013
(RNS) Emily Hilliard will cook a festive brunch with friends on Easter Sunday. But none in her Washington, D.C., social circle of foodies, folklorists and fiddlers will go to church that day.
In Denver, Ambra Vibran will enjoy an Italian feast with cousins that Sunday. But she says, “My spiritual life is in hiking, skiing, kayaking and enjoying God’s creation.”
Eleanor Drey plans a Jewish traditional meal where family and friends will talk about freedom. But it wasn’t on Passover. Folks are tied up with their kids’ spring vacations. They’ll gather at Drey’s San Francisco home in April instead.
This week, most Americans will celebrate essential stories of Christianity and Judaism: God freeing the enslaved is a key Passover theme. Easter’s core is Jesus’ resurrection, offering a doorway to salvation.
But many will celebrate with a twist.
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