WALNUT CREEK — Episcopal clerics, including the bishop, hit a downtown pub to talk faith with 20- and 30-somethings.
Churchgoers on a mission to sober up sinners?
Not at all. “Faith on Tap” is about bringing together young adults hungry for community, rousing discussion and a meaningful life. It’s spreading across the country faster than a moonshine delivery.
Filed under Faith
Apr. 1–Each year on Palm Sunday, Christians jubilantly re-enact Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, waving a combined 300 million palm fronds in the United States. That makes for a green market in more ways than one.
But environmentalists say the traditional method of harvesting palms wastes more than it nets and damages valuable rain forest. And although sales may shoot through the roof, middlemen consume most of the profits.
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