Traditions Are a Blessing: With Thad Angelloz

Traditionally, we celebrate Easter in memory of Jesus' death and resurrection, but Birgitta Meurling, professor of ethnology at Uppsala University, says that tradition has increasingly disappeared over time. “Religion doesn't have the same central place today,” she says.

Traditions Are a Blessing: With Thad Angelloz

With Easter happening this weekend I thought I would spend my time here talking about traditions and how they impact our lives. First and foremost Easter brings to conclusion the Lenten season where Catholics and other faiths remember and pay homage to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. It’s also a time marked by family traditions like dyeing Easter eggs, Easter egg hunts, and in our case a crawfish boil on the Satu…