A few days ago, I was at the home of some Jewish friends in Jerusalem for a Seder meal. It was also the first Friday of Ramadan, as well as Good Friday for western Christians. Because I am a priest, I arrived after our congregation’s afternoon worship service wearing black a bronze cross, a gift from a Finnish Christian friend.
After the prescribed four glasses of wine and much singing and the sharing of stories of the Jewish people, one of the dinner guests approached me to ask: “Don’t you think the world would be so much better without religion?”
