Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

"For a Christian, doubt is a shameful secret, a failure of faith, but the rabbis have long embraced doubt as an opportunity for vigorous argument. For the rabbis, the existence of God is no more of a question than the existence of air: Doubt is how we converse with Him." -- the narrator of The God of the Hive by Laurie R. King (2010, Bantam Books; ISBN 978-0-553-59041-8)

[A joyous festival to everyone celebrating Shavuot, and also to everyone celebrating Whit Sunday!]

"Pentecost has not created an alternative mythology with which to secularize and commercialize it. It has not created a figure like a fat, jolly man in a red suit or a large bunny. Stores don’t stock special items for the Feast of Pentecost. In fact, the Feast of Pentecost comes and goes in the church year without the world even noticing." -- Mark Surburg

[A Christian holyday that gets to just be holy!]