We should be Easter people by now. Jesus has sufficiently risen in our hearts. It began on Ash Wednesday as we gave up something for Lent. Last year, my daughter gave up eating chocolate as her Lenten sacrifice. We begged her not to try that again.
Teenagers are difficult enough to live with on good days.
When you add chocolate deprivation to their delicate systems, things can get pretty scary. It is the second half of such codes, the obligation to tattle on violators, that is problematic. With their burgeoning economic power, minority groups are expected to emerge as a vital force in American philanthropy.